Ramesh Manbodh, the Vreed-en-Hoop man who was beaten unconscious with a cricket bat by another man, has been removed from the male surgical ward of the GHPC to the ICU due to added health complications.
Manbodh, 40, of Vreed-en-Hoop, who had regained consciousness on Friday after he was severely beaten, has developed complications and had to be moved to the Intensive Care Unit of the Georgetown Public Hospital.
Manbodh’s father Lochan Manbodh, told Stabroek News yesterday that his son was removed from the ward because his blood pressure and body temperature had risen. He said that the doctors had expressed concern about his son’s condition and decided to have him moved. According to the father, though his son had regained consciousness and is responding, he has still not opened his eyes nor started to speak.
“He is hearing us, the doctors said he is hearing and he moving parts of his body a bit”. Lochan told Stabroek News. The father said that the doctors are preparing to conduct another CT scan soon to ascertain whether there is any progress in his son’s condition. Lochan had described his son’s injuries as a fractured skull, coupled with internal bleeding in the brain. Meanwhile, the man who attacked his son with the bat after an argument had ensued between the two, is still on the run. Lochan said that the police told him that they have widened their search since the attacker seems to have left the Vreed-en- Hoop area.
Manbodh was at home when he was attacked by the other man. “He went and collect he wife from the stelling and he de see the man talking to he niece so he told he not to talk to her and collect she and carry she away,” one of the man’s relatives had explained to Stabroek News.
After Manbodh returned home, the other man followed him and confronted him.
“I just hear they cussing on another bridge away from the house and when I turn around I see the boy coming with a bat in he hand and I get up and try to run but before I coulda reach he already lash he [Manbodh] in he head,” the relative explained, stating that after he was hit to his head, he immediately fell to the ground and the man continued beating him about his body with the bat.
