The post-mortem examination performed on the remains of Devanand Nauth, the carpenter who was misdiagnosed by a public hospital after being hit by a car, revealed that he died from respiratory failure due to a fractured spine, his sister Sita Ramsahoye said yesterday.
Ramsahoye also said that the driver of the car who hit Nauth is still to be arrested and charged with her brother’s death.
Prior to his death, his family was awaiting financial assistance from the Ministry of Health to cover the cost of a magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scan to determine the extent of his injuries, since he was experiencing numbness from below his chest to his feet.
Although doctors at the West Demerara Regional Hospital (WDRH) initially told Nauth, 47, that his injuries were not serious, he was eventually referred to the Georgetown Hospital, where it was discovered that he had developed gangrene in his left leg, resulting in it being amputated.
Nauth, of 71 New Road, Vreed-en-Hoop, West Coast Demerara was riding his bicycle on August 4 along the public road when he was struck down by a speeding car. He was later treated at the WDRH, where he was told by the doctors that his injuries were “nothing serious” on three occasions.
The WDRH and the Medical Council had launched an investigation into the case.
