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Dec 06, 2012 News
Selwyn Semple, the 18- year-old First Year Student Nurse of the New Amsterdam School of Nursing who was pinned under a house that collapsed last week, is recovering well.
Semple, of Lot 8 Timmers Dam, Angoy’s Avenue was seriously injured two Wednesdays ago when his house which was being repaired collapsed.
The young man, who is the eldest of six children, was at the time assisting his father and a contractor to plumb the cottage.
Semple is now residing and getting some rest at his grandmother’s residence not far from the house that collapsed. Yesterday, he was on his verandah, with a few of his colleagues from the Nursing School.
The young nurse-in-training recalled that he “went to collect a piece of wood for the contractor. A short while later the house just fell. I decided to run…and it fell and crushed me”.
It took a conscious- minded effort from neighbours to relieve him from under the structure. He was conscious and was rushed to the New Amsterdam Hospital where he received immediate medical attention for his injuries which were thought to be very serious at the time.
He was discharged on Sunday.
He sustained some fractures but he is now happy that he can “walk about”. There are minor injuries about the body, including scars on his knee and bruises on his back. His right eye is still closed and he is currently on pain killers.
Semple did miss one of his practical exams but will be allowed to do it early next year. Luckily, at the time of the incident, he had already written all of his other end-of-first-year exams.
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