The family of Tulsiram Sukdeo, the man who was severely injured and lost an eye and some of his memory following a boat collision, is working through their lawyer in an attempt resolve the issue.
The man’s daughter, Naseema ‘Pam’ Singh told Stabroek News that she received the medical report from the Georgetown hospital on Thursday and she intends to submit it to the family’s lawyers so that the process can move forward. Singh said that so far they had not gone very far with the issue.
Meantime, the woman said her father is recovering but he is “not stable”. She said he cannot work and has to go to the West Demerara Regional Hospital every day so that the wound close to his eye can be addressed. Singh said too her father still does not recall the incident. After his discharge from hospital, Sukdeo could not do anything for himself and his wife has to bathe and feed him.
According to Singh, doctors told them that her father had suffered multiple fractures to his skull and his brain is bruised. She said too they had been trying to contact the company affiliated with the SV GEO for assistance.
The woman noted that her father supported his wife and three grandchildren.
As had been reported, on the morning of April 24 Sukdeo was travelling in passenger boat ‘Shadow’ heading to Georgetown when it was rammed by a foreign vessel, the SV GEO. The 57-year-old father of three of Vreed-en-Hoop Railway Line, West Coast Demerara, sustained severe head injuries and underwent emergency surgery at the Georgetown Public Hospital.
Police had said that the goldsmith was thrown from the vessel and suffered injuries caused by the propeller of the engine. As a result of the incident, Sukdeo has lost his left eye.
The SV GEO had sped away after the incident without rendering assistance. A senior police officer had told this newspaper that the file on the matter has been sent to the Director of Public Prosecutions for advice but it has not been ascertained whether the captain had been charged.
