A week after the collision between a Lethem-bound minibus and a Sports Utility Vehicle (SUV) on the Hunt Oil section of the Georgetown-Lethem road which resulted in three deaths, four of the survivors are due for surgery as they recover in the Georgetown Public Hospital.
Still in the High Dependency Unit (HDU), Adreanna Nicemen, a Brazilian says that she is feeling much better and is due for surgery on her leg.
She was all smiles when this paper visited her yesterday at the hospital. Nicemen suffered a broken leg, broken hip and fractured rib and had undergone surgery on Monday night.
Over in the Female Surgical Ward, Florence Grimmond, 45, of Lethem, says that she too is better and is due for surgery. Grimmond lost her three-year-old son in the accident. She suffered injuries to her pelvic area.
The other patient of the Female Surgical Ward, Maylene Foo, 25, also of Lethem was smiling; the swelling of her face was reduced and the stitches in her chin removed.
She said she felt much better and the pain was not as bad as before. She is due for surgery on her right foot and arm. Foo is nursing broken arms and a broken knee.
Meanwhile over at the Male Surgical Ward Muneshwar Chunniman, 42, of Skeldon, who is nursing a leg injury, says he is due for surgery on his clavicle.
This is the flat bone that makes up part of the shoulder.
The collision which occurred last Monday resulted in the deaths of the driver of the minibus, Juliano D’Aguiar, 21, of Lethem; passenger Lalis Antone, 52, of Shea, Deep South Rupununi and three-year-old Grimmond of Lethem.
Several persons were injured and 10 were air-dashed to the Georgetown Public Hospital.
Police had given the time of the accident as 8 am, when the minibus BLL 4059 and SUV PKK 3942 collided along the road, resulting in the death of the three. Fourteen others were hospitalized.
The horrific accident shocked the border community, where the second annual Rupununi Expo had just concluded.