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Bullet removed from bus driver’s head
– following intervention of senior government official
Marcus, on Saturday, just after he was sent away by the hospital for the second time.
The bullet which was lodged in the scalp of the bus driver who was shot after midnight on Friday has been removed, according to a statement from the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC).
Kaieteur News understands that the decision by the hospital to remove the bullet from the man’s scalp was taken only after the intervention of the Head of the Presidential Secretariat Dr. Roger Luncheon and other senior government officials.
Desmond Marcus of Louisa Row, Wortmanville was shot in the vicinity of National and Caneview Avenue, South Ruimveldt by a passenger who refused to pay him the bus fare.
Immediately after the shooting, the 59-year-old man drove himself to the GPHC but was treated by a senior doctor at the health institute who subsequently sent him away with the bullet stuck in his scalp. The father of three was given Ibuprofen, a tetanus injection and antibiotics.
When he went home, Marcus began suffering from severe headaches and his family took him back to the hospital on Saturday morning. However, he was again sent away after being told that his injury is not life threatening and admission was not required. He was asked to return to the facility today to have the bullet removed.
Marcus’ sister, who is a doctor in the United States of America made contact with Dr. Luncheon, who then telephoned the Head of the GPHC to enquire what had transpired.
“I was at home resting and I was getting headaches and the hospital call my family and told them to carry me back, so I went and I do a CT-Scan and they removed the bullet yesterday (Saturday),” Marcus said while lying on a hospital bed.
The hospital in a statement issued yesterday said that the matter was brought to the attention of the institution’s management and instructions were immediately given for the patient to be returned for the adequate procedures to be performed.
“The bullet has been removed and the patient is recovering,” the GPHC statement said.
Marcus is likely to be discharged from the facility today. Meanwhile, a private doctor attached to the Woodlands Hospital told Kaieteur News that the doctor who treated Marcus erred terribly.
He stated that the patient should have been admitted for observation even if his condition is not life threatening.
GPHC said that it has launched an investigation into the matter.
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