Kathy-Ann Charles, who was injured on Monday when a utility pole fell on her car on Queen Street, Port-of-Spain, must wait two weeks for a CT scan, even though she has a severe, persistent headache. Charles spent one night at the Port-of-Spain General Hospital, where she was treated for head, shoulder and back injuries before being discharged.
Charles, 28, who works at the National Entrepreneurship Development Co Ltd (Nedco), was given sick leave until today and doctors told her to come back in two weeks for a CT scan “They did an X-ray and that did not show anything. The CT scan wasn’t working, though, so they told me to return,” Charles said. She expressed anxiety over the waiting period as she complained of drowsiness and a headache that refused to go away.
She was given sick leave until today but yesterday she said she might not return to work until Monday. Charles said the T&T Electricity Commission (T&TEC) had contacted her. “They called to see how I was doing and to get information for the investigation,” she said. The owners of the cement truck which caught on overhead wires and pulled down the utility poles—Premix Concrete Ltd—had not contacted Charles up to yesterday afternoon.
The maintenance manager of the company, Mahadoo Singh, said in a telephone interview yesterday the company had submitted a report on the incident to its insurance company. “The insurance will handle it,” he said. “We have insurance for all that.” He said the company hadn’t contacted Charles but would do so soon. Asked whether the company accepted responsibility for the accident, Singh said investigations had not been completed.
“I cannot say if the truck was too high or if the cable was to too low. We are waiting on investigations,” he said.