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May 05, 2015 News
Moments after collecting his pension at the Agricola Post Office, Cedric Boyce, 63, of 130 Cato Street, Agricola, was struck down by a minibus whose driver could not wait for a feeble old man to cross the road.
Yesterday at the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC), the man’s granddaughter, Jamacie Boyce, told Kaieteur News that she was in the city when she received a phone call about the accident.
She related that she was told that her grandfather had just come out of the Agricola Post Office and was attempting to cross the road at a pedestrian crossing.
Kaieteur News understands that a bus driver had given the man the right of way to cross the road and signaled others to wait. But there was one bus that came in a rush and hit the elderly man down.
The injured man was rushed to the Diamond Diagnostic Centre and was subsequently referred to the GPHC due to the severity of his injuries.
After arriving at the GPHC, Boyce who is said to have sustained spinal injuries and a fractured neck, was left unattended for a prolonged period in the Accident and Emergency Triage area.
Family members present at the hospital expressed their disgust at what they claimed to be the slothfulness of nurses and doctors at the hospital, as they could not understand why the elderly man was left unattended for so long.
It is unclear if the errant driver has been apprehended.
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