The pilot of the ill-fated Caribbean Airlines aircraft was treated at the Georgetown Public Hospital for an injury to his lower back.
According to a press release from the hospital yesterday, the 52-year-old pilot is a resident of Edinburgh Garden, Trinidad.
The release said 35 people were taken to the hospital and some were treated and released, while the others were admitted for further treatment and observation.
No names were released by the GPH, but Stabroek News learned that Nikita Allen, Noel Elliot and Winifred Joseph were among the persons hospitalized. The injured were listed as a 56-year-old female of Wakenaam, who sustained injuries to her head, chin and tongue; a 33-year-old female of 41 Village, West Coast Berbice, who sustained trauma to the head; the pilot; a 23-year-old male of Number 9 The Point Villas, Trinidad, who sustained injuries to his back and hands; a 33-year-old female of 5 Bowen St Marabal, Port of Spain, Trinidad with injuries to her neck and shoulders; a seven-year-old female, of 63 2nd Street, Little Diamond who sustained injuries to the right side of her neck; and a 34-year-old female of the same address with an injury to her forehead.
There were also a 62-year-old female of Cane Grove who s ustained injuries to her head, left hand and knee; a 50-year-old female of 75 Adelaide Street, Charlestown, who sustained injuries to her neck, lower back and finger; a 47-year-old female of 22 Park View, Orange Grove, Trinidad with pain to the hip and leg; a 21-year-old male of 6 Imorteile Development Main Road, Trinidad with pains to the right hand and leg; a 62-year-old male, of Crane, West Coast Demerara with an injury to his left leg; and a 76-year-old male of 75 Beterverwagting, East Coast Demerara with injuries to his neck and lower back.
Also taken to the GPH were a 41-year-old female of 895 ‘B’ Field Turkeyen, who sustained injuries to her nose, neck, back and forehead; a 46-year-old female of Number 41 Village, West Coast Berbice, who sustained injuries to her face and neck; a 46-year-old male of 38 Shell Road, Kitty who sustained an injury to his right leg and was admitted to the High Dependency Unit; a 28-year-old female of New York with injuries to her head and nose; and a 55-year-old male, of Number 50 Village, Corentyne with injuries to his back, neck, head and right leg.
The release also said that a 56-year-old female of 64 Zeeburg, West Coast Demerara sustained injuries to her back and neck; a 37-year-old female, of 79 Covent Garden, East Bank Demerara sustained an injury to her left foot; a 34-year-old male of Wakenaam sustained injuries to his head, left shoulder and right leg; a 26-year-old female of Ocean View sustained injuries her head, neck and lower back; a 53-year-old female of Nashville, Tennessee, USA sustained an injury to her right leg and a 10-year-old female, of Queensville, New York sustained an injury to her left leg.
Also among the injured were a 45-year-old female of Lot 2 Soesdyke who sustained an injury to her right thumb; a 13-year-old male of 26 Ogle, East Coast Demerara with trauma to the stomach; a 69-year-old female of Whim Village, Corentyne who sustained an injury to her forehead and was admitted to the Female Surgical Ward; a 52-year-old male of Brooklyn, New York with injuries to the right side of his body and right knee; a 41-year-old female of Whim Village, Corentyne with a laceration to her head; and a 20-year-old female of 110 Second Street Hopetown with a cerebral concussion and trauma to the abdomen, who was admitted to the Female Surgical Ward.
A 50-year-old female of 119 Block ‘Y’ Cornelia Ida with injuries to her neck and back; a 50-year-old male of the same address with an injury to the left leg; a 49-year-old female of 7 Golden Grove, East Coast Demerara, who sustained an injury to her left leg; a 64-year-old male of 12 Norton Street, Wortmanville, who sustained injury to his back and a 15-year-old female of Number 41 Village, West Coast Berbice with a head injury were also taken to the GPH. Stabroek News understands that some passengers also sought medical attention at private hospitals. Meanwhile, the Ministry of Health issued a statement yesterday in which it thanked “the doctors, nurses and other staff of the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation and Diamond Diagnostic Centre and other health care providers from both the public sector and private sector … [as well as] the Port Health staff for their high quality response.”
