Hansraj Durga, the man who was beaten at a wedding house a week ago at Cane Grove, East Coast Demerara, remains hospitalised at the George-town Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC) with the right side of his body paralysed from his shoulder down.
Durga, 22, known as ‘Kevin,’ had gone to a nearby wedding house located a street away from where he lives and later got into an argument with several men who beat him. The origin of his attack is still unknown. At the time of the beating Durga is said to have been intoxicated.
Durga was later that night transported to Mahaicony Hospital and was taken to the GPHC on Monday morning. A CT Scan that was done showed that he suffered a fractured skull with internal bleeding in addition to a dislocated right shoulder, a punctured left shoulder and other injuries to his mouth and about his body.
When this newspaper visited him on Friday, he was in and out of consciousness due to the effects of his medications. Multiple parts of his body were visibly black and blue and swollen. His swollen left eye bore stitches as did the left side of his head.
The man’s estranged wife, Amanda Nirmal, had said that his doctor informed her and other relatives that if the treatment for Durga’s internal bleeding was not successful, he would have to undergo surgery. However, he has since made progress in his recovery despite him being unable to move whenever he needs to. Nirmal noted that she’s been with him every day from eight in the mornings up until nine in the nights, moving him as needed and feeding him. It was only on Friday that Durga began eating and he had only been able to stomach soft fruits and fruit juices.
Nirmal revealed that she was the closest to a relative he has. He has no biological siblings and was raised by his grandmother, who has been deceased for five years.
This newspaper had been told that one person was arrested in connection with the assault on Durga but attempts to confirm this via calls to Assistant Commissioner Royston Andries-Junor, who is in charge of the East Coast Demerara corridor, were unsuccessful.