A Cumberland Village, East Canje Berbice businessman remains hospitalized at the New Amsterdam Public Hospital after he was shot by bandits who invaded his business on Friday evening.
Jagdeo Phillips, who was getting ready to celebrate his fortieth birthday yesterday, sustained a gunshot injury to his belly during the robbery as he attempted to repel the four armed bandits.
According to relatives, while Jagdeo was responding to treatment, doctors have since informed them that something “wrong with his lungs.”