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De Sinco boss shows medical improvements
Loved ones of the injured owner of De Sinco Trading, Frank De Abreu, have exhaled a breath of relief after being informed by doctors that improvement has been spotted in his condition.
A medical professional attached to the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC) yesterday informed this newspaper that even though the businessman hasn’t regained consciousness, indications are that he will soon.
The source said that De Abreu has been taken off the ventilator to which he was linked more than a week ago and is now able to breathe on his own.
Frank De Abreu
This newspaper also learnt that De Abreu has become more responsive to doctors as it relates to bodily movements and seems to be “…holding his own.”
However, the businessman remains in GPHC’s Intensive Care Unit (ICU) and is still considered to be critical. Meanwhile, hospital officials say “doctors will continue to work assiduously to ensure that he (De Abreu) is successfully discharged from this hospital.”
It has been over a week since De Abreu’s car, PHH 9488, collided with a fire tender that was reportedly responding to a grass fire in Non-Pareil, East Coast Demerara. Though the four firemen sustained minor injuries, De Abreu’s injuries were serious.
Surgery was performed to address his internal bleeding. He also sustained a punctured right lung, broken rib and damaged liver; and doctors declared that these were all fixed and no other surgery has been since performed on him.
Reports about the accident were that the fire tender slammed into De Abreu’s Honda which was heading east along Lamaha Street. The fire tender was heading north along Irving Street. The traffic lights at the intersection were not working at the time of the accident.
After the collision, the driver of the fire tender, in an effort to avoid other impacts, steered the vehicle into a nearby canal.
Four fire fighters were in the fire tender at the time. One of them, the driver, identified as Marlon Wilson, sustained severe injuries to the head, shoulder, neck and eye and he spent some time at GPHC and was discharged. The other firefighters sustained minor injuries and were treated at the hospital and sent away the same day.
The De Sinco Trading owner was reportedly making his way home after checking up on ongoing rehabilitation works at Guyana’s top school Queen’s College since he had recently donated $1.5M for the aforementioned purpose.
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