Senior Berbice doctor dies in car crash

Phyzul Sattaur

A senior medical practitioner of New Amsterdam succumbed on Sunday night while receiving treatment at the New Amsterdam Hospital following an accident on the Berbice coast.

Phyzul Sattaur, 69, of Lot 5-7 Coburg Street, New Amsterdam was involved in a motor vehicle accident on the public road at Number 11 Village, East Coast Berbice.

Sattaur was rushed to the New Amsterdam Public Hospital, where he was admitted to the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) in a critical condition. Owing to his condition he could not be moved and subsequently succumbed.

A police press release stated that around 21:00 hrs the car which was being driven by