-victim was in excruciating pain for 10 days before taken to hospital
A 78-year-old woman was taken to her home by a taxi driver who had knocked her down with his car, causing her to sustain a broken leg and hip.
Eileen August
She is now a patient at the Female Surgical Ward of the Georgetown Public Hospital (GPH) after spending over ten days in her house in excruciating pain and longing to be rescued.
According to a hospital source, Eileen August had been involved in an accident on July 27. The source said that sometime after noon, August was standing at the corner of Norton Street and Cemetery Road when a car slammed into her.
The driver of the car is believed to have been in a rush to get to a funeral service at the Sandy’s Funeral Home. According to reports, since the driver was late he did not take the woman to the hospital but kept her in the car instead, while he went to the funeral service.
The source said also that the driver took the woman’s money which she had to purchase vegetables at the time of the accident and he made the purchase instead.
He then enquired from her where and with whom she lived and after learning the address and that she lived alone, the man dropped her off at her home and gave her the vegetables which she was on her way to purchase.
Canada-based son
The injured August told Stabroek News that she had given the driver responsible for her injuries a telephone number to contact her son who resides in Canada in order that the son would be aware of what had happened to her. It is reported that the driver did call the Canada-based son but only told him part of the story, that his mother was involved in an accident. The driver then hung up the phone and never called again.
According to the woman’s daughter-in-law who requested anonymity, the woman’s son tried to contact her on several occasions but all efforts proved futile.
The daughter-in-law who eventually found the woman said that the driver had placed her mother-in-law far away from her landline phone so she could not get to it in order to answer when he called.
“She keep hearing de phone ringing all de time, but remember she foot break, suh she can’t really get to the phone. So she just lie down in de chair way he put she, longing for answer de phone suh dat somebody could come to she rescue, cause she couldn’t a move,” the woman said.
The daughter-in-law said that after repeated calls to his mother went unanswered, he decided to call his wife and instructed her to go over to his mother’s house to ensure that she was safe. It was at this point that the daughter-in-law found August at her 704 West Ruimveldt home in what she described as a “big mess”.
August was forced to urinate and defecate from the said chair in which she was placed by the driver from July 27 up until the time she was found on Thursday night at approximately 10 pm.
“De wounds from de accident de bleeding an all kinda thing, she was in a big mess when I find she.”
The daughter-in-law said that the woman who was dehydrated and in need of food was kept company by a niece.
The woman explained, however, that the niece who stays with her mother-in-law is mentally challenged and was little or no help to the injured woman.
“She niece can’t talk and answer phone an all a duh, she ain’t gat de head fuh know wah really happen,” the daughter-in-law lamented.
August told this newspaper that she managed to cook one meal during the period. When asked how she achieved that, she said that she told the same niece to bring the kero stove to the chair in which she was placed and all the other articles she needed.
“She barely understand meh fuh bring dem things,” August said. “Ah even try fuh ask she fuh pass de phone but then a realise that the cord too short,” she added.
August said that she would be able to positively identify the driver who caused her all this suffering.
Meanwhile, relatives are angry that the driver of the car did not take the injured woman to the hospital to seek urgent medical attention knowing the extent of the injuries she had sustained.
Though August complained of being in severe pain, she was in high spirits and managed a constant smile when this newspaper visited her at her bedside yesterday, as she constantly gave praise for being alive.
When asked how she was feeling, the jovial August replied, “I feel like I’m in seventh heaven.” She said also that the nurses and doctors at the hospital have been extremely kind and caring to her.
“I like this hospital, I get to come up in elevator and so on and the hospital get a lot of nice things,” she remarked, wearing a bright smile on her face.
The driver is still at large.
The police need to find out how many funerals were at Sandy’s on the 27 of July and then thye can find this worm and I hope they throught him in jail for a long.
I think this guy should be charge for murder,failing to assist the victim,hit and run and which ever applies to that situation just imagine for one moment where that woman would have been if she didnt remember her son`s phone number. and the condition she was kept in at home. He could of call the police and tell them something so thatthey can visit the home and render some assistance, he is heartless i wish the public refused to travel with him when they find out.
This man is a cruel and wicked man. He has no conscience or no mother or no other relatives. I hope the the police find him and punish him severely.
This taxi driver is very cruel. I wonder what he would of
done with her DEAD body if she had died in the car while
he was at the funeral service ?.
My smypathy goes out to ms. august, i’m glad that you’re alive, and i’m sad to hear about your ordeal and what you had to withstand for those days, and to the driver who did this i chant brimstone and fire on you for being so cruel to this elderly woman, how can you do such thing, i hope you are caught and jailed.
THIS MAN WAS WRONG PLAIN AND SIMPLE, BUT 10 DAYS AND NO ONE CAME TO SEE HER, THAT IS SAD REAL SAD.
This is a classic example of how cold a country is, how insensitive a people can be. The criminality, lawlessness and corruption is making this once admired country a heartless and ruthless place.
May God protect Ms. August and grant her a speedy recovery. May God help the police to caputure her attacker and jail him eternally
If and when this miscreant is caught and prosecuted he should then be ‘persecuted’ A public flogging and the permanent revocation of his driving priveleges are some of the things I have in mind.
Get well soon Ms. August. I hope you have a complete recovery!
This is a sad story, i cant believe she deh in she house for 10 days in so much pain and no neighbours or family nah help she. she is such a kind old lady still keepin a smile, god saved her.hope she fully recovers and that lunatic put in jail. he must be mental buying de lady vegetables and not taking her to the hospital…it could make a movie story of a PHYSCO TAXI DRIVER
This is a very sad situation….that driver treated that elderly woman like an animal, now i hope that he is found and dealt with accordingly for his actions. He is cruel and heartless
This is a reflection of the new Guyanese personality. Lawlessness and above the law attitudes at the top have trickled down to the man in the street. Ineffectiveness of law enforcement has given most persons the comfort of getting away with crimes. This will get worst if present trends persists. How sad.
Living in Guyana is high risk. Sure, there were witnesses to this accident but some are unconcerned while others must turn a blind eye in fear of speaking up.