MICHAEL Dorway,age 31, of Cumberland, East Canje, Berbice, was up to late Friday evening a patient at the Georgetown Public Hospital in a critical condition after he was chopped several times about the body after an argument.The Guyana Chronicle was informed that Dorway and another friend were drinking at a rum shop in Cane Field, East Canje, when an argument broke out between them and another group of men

at approximately 01.30hrs on Friday morning over the music which was being played in the bar.
It was reported that Dorway and his friend wanted operators of the shop to play English music, while the other group wanted them to play Indian music.
Sources close to the investigation stated that one of the men from the other group pushed Dorway, who retaliated by pushing the man back and a fight broke out. The friends of the other man then joined in and came to his defence, inflicting several chops about Dorway’s body.
After seeing this, Dorway’s friend fled the shop and made his way to the Reliance Police Station where he reported the incident. The police then responded promptly, but when they arrived they found that the man was lying in a pool of blood while his assailants had already fled the scene.
The injured man was picked up and rushed to the New Amsterdam Hospital where he was treated, stabilised and then transferred to the Georgetown Public Hospital in the company of his wife and brother.
By dawn yesterday, the police who had earlier launched a manhunt for Dorway’s assailants were able to arrest three persons in connection with the incident.
Meanwhile, the injured man’s wife yesterday via mobile phone explained that doctors at the Georgetown Public Hospital have informed her that her husband has lost a lot of blood and that he was in a critical condition.
She also informed this newspaper that her husband was chopped to the head, feet, belly and hands during the attack, but was able to communicate with her and other relatives who have travelled to Georgetown.
The woman said that she was preparing to travel back to Berbice yesterday afternoon, since their five- year- old daughter was back home and staying with a neighbour.
Asked about staying in Georgetown to cut costs, the woman said that she has no relatives in Georgetown and would have loved if someone could assist her in that regard, since travelling back and forth from Berbice is financially hard for herself and family at this time.

By Leroy Smith