Lima crash survivors enduring painful recovery

Claire Gildharie

Members of a family who survived last month’s Lima, Essequibo Coast accident, which claimed the lives of three persons, are bedridden at a relative’s home, where they are now enduring a painful recovery and hoping for any assistance that may be forthcoming.

“We prefer to be at home because to be like this in a hospital is really uncomfortable. At least at home we get to be around family and so to help us,” Alan Gildharie, 35, told Stabroek News as he rested on a mattress placed flat on the floor of his home.

On Sunday August 12, Gildharie, his wife Claire Daniels, 35, and their two-year-old son Alex boarded minibus BHH 6103 to go to the Suddie Hospital to visit Gildharie’s ailing father. While travelling, the driver of