An elderly man, who was found naked and barely alive on a dam aback of Mocha Arcadia, East Bank Demerara is currently a patient at the Georgetown Public Hospital.
Albert Van Vieldt of Supply, East Bank Demerara, said to be in his seventies, was first taken to the Diamond Diagnostic Centre, but then transferred to the Georgetown hospital where he was admitted.
Van Vieldt was found near the Lamaha Conservancy at the back of the East Bank village by some workers.
Stabroek News understands that the man left his home since June 10 and no one had heard from his since. According to reports, the man may be suffering from Alzheimer’s disease and would from time to time leave his home but would return within a day or two. He has never been missing for such a long time.
Van Vieldt and wife are said to be remigrants from England and this newspaper was told that he would insist on leaving the home regularly.
According to Alvin Argyle, one of the persons who found the man, it appeared as if the man had been there for days. When he was found, Argyle said, he was groaning; ants and other insects were attacking him and his feet were in water.
Argyle said it was a dog that led them to the man. He said the dog was chasing a wild animal and some of the workers followed him and came upon the man. The only thing Van Vieldt with him, when he was found, was one side of a pair of long boots.
It took quite a while for the workers to journey to the police outpost in Mocha and report the man being found. The police also found it difficult to journey to the area and remove the man.
“He coulda been there like three days,” Argyle said.
Meanwhile, another worker, Sharon Berry, who lives in Barnwell North, the village behind Mocha, said she had noticed a man fitting the description of Van Vieldt passing her home and going down into the back dam about two weeks ago. She said the man, who was wearing a pair of long boots and had a bag and an umbrella in his possession, did not appear to be from the area and she wondered where he was going.
She wondered yesterday what could have happened to his clothes and his belongings.
The workers found a pair of pants and shirt to dress Van Vieldt before he was taken to the hospital.
Thank God for his safe return. If it had not been for those workers, he could have died there.
Poor man. Who was looking for him? Just lucky to be found alive.
So who in Guyana is collecting his pension???.
does this has anything to do with u , about his pension? very noosy
BIG nothing good to say?
There needs to be a facility to care for patients with dementia and alzheimers. Fortunately he was found alive.
It is so sad to read this sad tale. It is a reminder to those of us whose marbles are still functioning, and getting on in age, to enjoy each day. Live life as though each day was the last. This man needs care 24/7. What has become of FAMILY UNITY.
So sad, i’m glad he’s found, people with alzheimer’s disease needs constqant supervision, and what happened to the man from buxton who went missing two weeks ago, sn what’s the latest news about him, any new development about his whereabout.
amen-ra.
he is a refugee there he don’t intend to go back to the recession..
i’m so happy for the family that he was found….their head must have been spinning wondering what to tell uncle sam….
i know someone must have seen that man… gt people know each other..that lady that saw him couple times never said anything.. she should be ashamed to come forward and say that she saw him couple times and fit descripton of missing man.
how should she have known that he was missing and he had alzheimers disease.
those who care not now ,, will “if” they live long enuff will one day be in his shoes ,, am ah mean long boots !….
Minister Priya……
Thank God dhey fine he.
Any new development on Romin Johnston, missing from Buxton.