By Melissa Charles
Doctors at the Georgetown Public Hospital fought for hours to save the life of a man who was mauled yesterday afternoon in yet another gruesome pit bull attack, this time on Forshaw Street, Queenstown.
Up to press time last night, the man, a vagrant, was in the theatre receiving treatment.
The man arrived at the hospital around 2.40 pm, lying at the back of a pick-up and accompanied by an armed police officer. He was screaming in obvious pain and kept saying, “ah thirsty, ah thirsty, I want some water.”
Persons who had gathered at the hospital to await victims of an accident at Mahdia, expressed shock at the extent of the man’s injuries. His entire scalp seemed to have been ripped away exposing his bloodied skull and his right arm was severely injured. Bite marks were visible all over his body. The man was taken to the hospital by a neighbour and the owner of the dogs, Joseph Satrohan.