A PRIVATE log-cutter from Rose Hall, Corentyne, Ronyel La Fleur, 41, is in a serious condition in the Georgetown Public Hospital, nursing a fractured upper spinal column.

On Wednesday, August 6, La Fleur, a father of two, was cutting logs at Canje Creek, and was not aware that the tree he was cutting was entangled with another at the top. As a result, when the bottom one he was cutting fell, it brought down the one at the top as well, and a branch from that tree hit La Fleur at the base of the neck, causing him spinal injuries.
The injured man fell to the ground where he remained in an unconscious state. Fortunately, however, there were two other men working in the area, who heard him cry out and rushed to his rescue. They ferried him by boat out of the creek and to the Corentyne main thoroughfare, from where they were able to get him transported to the New Amsterdam Hospital.
On arrival at the hospital he was admitted to the Intensive Care Unit and later transferred to the Georgetown Public Hospital At the GPHC, he was also admitted to the Intensive Care Unit, but having seen some improvement, he is currently warded at the Male Surgical Ward where his condition remains critical but stable.
Ronyel La Fleur is the husband of Natasha La Fleur and their two children, one aged two years, six months and the other five months.