Mini-bus shooting victim still hospitalized

Almost two months after Bernadette Campbell was shot and robbed in a route 44 bus at Plaisance on July 29, she remains a patient at the Georgetown Public Hospital (GPH).

Campbell, 39, of Sparendaam, East Coast Demerara, who was shot in her abdomen, right shoulder and left leg on Tuesday, July 29, is still recovering at the GPH according to a relative. She said that Campbell who was recently transferred from the GPH’s High Dependency Unit, into the Female Surgical Ward, suffered a relapse a few days ago after a fall. Despite the relapse, the relative said, Campbell is in high spirits.

According to reports Campbell and 20-year-old Dexter Carr, of Eccles, East Bank Demerara, both of whom were in the front seat of the bus, were attacked by two gunmen when the bus stopped at Victoria Road, Plaisance Railway Embankment.

Campbell remains tight-lipped about the attack in July and relatives have indicated that no statement will be made until she has fully recovered. Meanwhile investigations into the matter continue.