Shot chemist slowly recovering

Mario Gohil

Sterling Products Limited Chemist Mario Gohil is back at work two months after he was shot and injured when gunmen stormed the company’s Providence compound.

In an interview with this newspaper on Wednesday, Gohil said he could clearly recall the incident, which he said he is still trying to overcome. The 31-year-old Friendship, East Bank Demerara (EBD) resident, who is a native of India, said he was working on December 8 around 06:30 hrs in the lab and was unable to see anything that was transpiring outside. “All of a sudden I heard a sound at the door and I saw one man holding a gun with a mask on his face,” Gohil said. “The man first went to another technician that was in the said room with me and hit her with the gun to her head before he come to me. He also demanded cash and I gave him what I had in my pocket and bag. He then started to fire gunshots causing one to hit my left leg after which he ran away.”

Gohil said after he got the single shot he couldn’t feel his entire left foot. One of his colleagues later ran outside and called a co-worker and he was