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Apr 27, 2013 News
A visually impaired man of Adelphi Village, East Canje is now a patient in the New Amsterdam hospital in a critical condition suffering from myriad bee stings as a result of being attacked by a swarm of African bees.
Ameer Khan, the injured man, was attacked around 07:00 hrs on Friday as he was about to take a shower. Residents of the village are appealing for help as the bees that are in some bushes in an abandoned piece of land have been attacking them over the past week.
Reporters who turned up to cover the incident had to abandon their mission and flee after coming under attack.
The injured man’s mother Farida Khan stated that she had just finished bathing in the outside bathroom and her son was about to use the bath, when he was attacked.
His elder brother, Imran Khan, recounted his invalid brother’s horrifying ordeal. He stated that his brother who is visually impaired was about to take a bath when he heard him holler. “Imran, Imran, bees biting me, bees biting me.”
He said that he ventured outside, but quickly beat a hasty retreat after the bees attacked him, and on seeing the swarms over his brother. He said that he grabbed a bottle of kerosene and threw it towards his brother, but it missed and landed next to his foot.
His brother was left lying on the ground. Neighbours who ventured outside had to retreat to their home as the swarming bees attacked.
According to a neighbour, Asha Rampersaud, she had to use her initiative to help the helpless invalid. The woman stated that she cut her netting and a blind to make a suit. She also provided an overall which she would usually use whenever she goes to catch fish in the back dam. Those she gave to two villagers along with some pairs of socks which the residents used as gloves. The villagers wrapped themselves properly and went to rescue the man.
The resident said that Ameer lay on the ground for over one and a half hours, before he was rescued. The residents said that the rescuers had to douse Ameer with kerosene from head to toe. “His entire head was covered with bees” one resident said. The bees cover he whole body and all he had on was a skimpy shorts that he was about to bath in.
Ameer who was by then slipping in and out of consciousness was rushed to the New Amsterdam hospital where he was admitted. According to reports his eyes were swollen shut and there were hundreds of stings on his body.
The residents were furious. They said that it was not the first time that bees had attacked people in the community and they have been complaining to the relevant authorities all to no avail. “We spoke to the NDC about the bees and the big bushes, but is the same thing,” one angry resident said.
The residents said that the bees live in the trunk of an old tree and would attack residents and animals from time to time.
A 91 year old resident, Charien Mangroo, who lives nearby stated that in her entire life she had never seen anything like that. She is scared for her life and wants the relevant authorities to do something urgently about the situation.
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