Hospital to discharge worker struck by lightning

Klein Roberts

David Ramdial, the Blairmont sugar estate worker who was struck by lightning on Friday morning, remains a patient in the Georgetown Public Hospital, relatives said yesterday.

Ramdial, of Number 3 Settlement, Blairmont, West Bank Demerara was one of seven workers who were working in the backdam of the estate when disaster struck at around 8.15am.

The other men, Deodat Sahadat, 42, of Waterloo, Bath; Ramesh Ramoo, 38, of Bath Settlement; Wahabali Bacchus, 40, of Zorg-en-Hoop Scheme, Blairmont; Omesh Deochand, 27, of No 4 Settlement, Blairmont; Mike Harilall, 21, of Zorg-en-Hoop Scheme and Dereck Ramnarine, 25, of Blairmont, were all