CARPENTER Stephen Seeraj, 38 years, of Miss Phoebie, Port Mourant, is warded at the Georgetown Public Hospital after falling from a dwelling house under construction at Port Mourant.

Around 09:30hrs last Friday, the father of three, along with another construction worker, was working on the perimeter beam of the building when tragedy struck. A board on the scaffold on which they were standing broke, causing them to tumble more than ten feet to the ground.
Seeraj landed heavily on his left leg before ending up on his seat. In the process he suffered a compound fracture to the leg, breaking the lower tibia and puncturing the flesh, leaving his instep supported only by a piece of flesh.
The other worker, called ‘Timmy’, was less seriously injured. He suffered injuries to his right leg, but no broken bones.
Their boss, ‘Vijay’ (the owner of the house) was on the scene and hurriedly dispatched the injured men to hospital. They were first taken to Port Mourant Hospital, then New Amsterdam Hospital, and were subsequently admitted to the Georgetown Public Hospital.

(By Shirley Thomas)