DESPITE the intervention of a religious leader and a Magistrate’s Court, a feud between pharmacist assistant Victor Yearwood and his Cuban-born wife, Illiana Pairol Urrutia-Yearwood escalated on Wednesday, resulted in both individuals being patients at the New Amsterdam Hospital in Berbice.During a midday visit of the institution, this reporter saw them screened in different wards and no visitors were allowed.
However, it was revealed that Urrutia-Yearwood, a medical doctor is experiencing bouts of diarrhoea while her husband is in and out of consciousness, suspected of having ingested the weedicide gramazone and given a dose to his wife of almost two years.
Urruttia-Yearwood, who has been living in Guyana since 2012, was previously employed at the New Amsterdam Hospital before going to Eureka Labs and the New Amsterdam Prison.
According to witnesses, the woman suffered injuries to her head and other parts of the body after being attacked with a hammer by her husband who, subsequently drank the poisonous liquid, causing the couple to be rushed to the hospital where they were employees.
Victor Yearwood had been previously charged with threatening behaviour, an offence which stemmed from a misunderstanding with his wife.
He appeared before Magistrate Sherdel Isaacs-Marcus in New Amsterdam Court, on July 17, 2013 and was recommended for counselling at the Grace Temple Assembly of God Church pastored by Reverend Doreen Henry.
He was also placed on a bond to keep the peace. However, shortly afterwards, his wife filed an application under the Domestic Violence Act but it was dismissed because she failed to attend court hearings.