Kwebanna man critically injured by falling tree

A Kwebanna, North West District (NWD) resident was air-dashed to Georgetown on Thursday after he was injured by a falling tree which he had cut moments earlier with his chainsaw.
The injured man is Martin Domingo, who sustained spinal injuries. He is listed as critical at the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation.
Reports are that around midday on Thursday, Domingo and others ventured up the Waini River from Kwebanna to cut wood. Shortly after cutting a tree, its branches fell on him, thus injuring him in the process.
He related to others at the scene that his entire body felt numb.
He was taken to the health centre at Kwebanna and subsequently transferred to the Kumaka District Hospital at Santa Rosa.
Since his condition was critical, medical staff there informed their superiors in the city and a Guyana Defence Force helicopter was dispatched to Moruca to airlift the injured man to the city late on Thursday.
Doctors later informed the man’s relatives about the severity of his injuries, noting that his spinal cord was ‘stretched.’ Domingo’s relatives are praying for his recovery.