A 29-year-old gold miner is lucky to have survived after a portion of a mud wall in a gold-mining pit caved in on him at Waramadong, Region 7 last Thursday. He was air-dashed to the Georgetown Public Hospital where he was admitted.The victim, Subryan Joe, suffered a broken left leg and is currently a patient at the Male Surgical Ward of the institution.
Joe recalls that around 16:00 hrs, he and two other men were about closing off operations for the day and were sitting under the wall checking soil when suddenly a portion of the wall caved in. It struck him on the left side, from his head down. He collapsed and had to be rescued by the other men who, fortunately, were not injured.
His condition is stable, but doctors are continuing to monitor him.