Essequibo accident victim still awaiting surgery to repair jaw

Three weeks after being injured in a two-vehicle collision in Essequibo, vendor Bassmattie Bissoon is still a patient at the Georgetown Public Hospital (GPH) awaiting another surgery to fix her dislocated jaw, while the 18-year-old driver who caused the accident is still to be charged.

The driver was reportedly drunk at the time and Stabroek News was told that he is still hospitalized. During a visit to the hospital on Saturday, Bissoon’s sister-in-law, Pam told Stabroek News that the family has spent over $100,000 for hospital expenses and now faces a $35,000 bill for dentures. Pam explained that Bissoon’s jaw is out of place and she has to be fed with a syringe.

She said the doctors are supposed to do a readjustment surgery and the family is required to have dentures made-to-order to