Posted on 08/21/2017 9:47:30 PM PDT by nickcarraway
A 19-year-old Carenage man, who was about to be declared dead at the PoS General Hospital on Sunday afternoon, stunned doctors when they discovered a weak pulse after a final examination and moved the teen to the intensive care unit where he remained warded up until yesterday.
According to reports, Adolphus Birche of Abepoujade Street, Carenage was bathing with friends at Alcoa Carenage at about 2.30 pm on Sunday when he got into difficulties.
Officers of the Carenage Police Station were alerted that a man was seen in distress in waters at Alcoa and police constables Benjamin and Williams were able to pull Birch from the water to the shore where they attempted CPR.
However, during the process Birch was unresponsive and did not appear to have a pulse.
He was rushed to the St James infirmary and then transferred to the PoS General Hospital (PoSGH). While at PoSGH doctors were unable to find a pulse and while one doctor was about to declare Birch dead, he decided to do a final check for a pulse and discovered a weak pulse.
The shocked doctor, who had already alerted attendants to remove the body to the mortuary, instead told attendants to take Birch to the Intensive Care Unit where he was placed on a respirator and attempts made to save the teen’s life.
Relatives of Birche yesterday described his will to live as amazing and also believed that it was divine intervention which caused Birche to still be alive today. Yesterday, they continued prayers for his complete recovery.
Relatives thanked the officers who assisted Birche and the doctor who saw it fit to carry out the final check before removing Birche to the mortuary.
Another relative, who identified herself as an aunt, said she had been taking care of Birche for a very long time and described him as an excellent swimmer. She said she had no idea why he would have found himself in difficulty while bathing on Sunday but told Newsday, “we are keeping our fingers crossed, I am unable to tell his grandmother about the incident because I am sure that it will affect her badly and we are trying to keep this information from her, but we are hoping that my nephew pulls through so that he could realise his dream of becoming a welder”.
She said Birche, who is a student, is a good person with a bright future and she is hoping that with all the prayers being recited for his recovery, he will be able to beat the odds.
Oh, don’t be such a baby.
Later
Yeah, but you gotta admit that’s hilarious !
Welder? Not an aspiring Rapper?
Back in 72 I was in a head on involving me on my motorcycle and a very drunk driver in an F-100 on Highway 19 by Cross City. I got deposited in Shands Teaching Hospital in Gainesville. At the same time there were several other accidents and not enough doctors. I showed no obvious signs of life and the gurney with me on it was pushed over to the wall with a green square card on my chest that denoted dead already. Two not quite yet doctors in passing saw the dead guy on the gurney and noted that it was not in rigor mortis yet so they decided to practice some livesaving techniques. Since then I have heard people saying they never wanted to go to a teaching hospital where students would be messing with them. Student doctors are just fine with me.
Back in 72 I was in a head on involving me on my motorcycle and a very drunk driver in an F-100 on Highway 19 by Cross City. I got deposited in Shands Teaching Hospital in Gainesville. At the same time there were several other accidents and not enough doctors. I showed no obvious signs of life and the gurney with me on it was pushed over to the wall with a green square card on my chest that denoted dead already. Two not quite yet doctors in passing saw the dead guy on the gurney and noted that it was not in rigor mortis yet so they decided to practice some livesaving techniques. Since then I have heard people saying they never wanted to go to a teaching hospital where students would be messing with them. Student doctors are just fine with me.
Don’t suppose you have the actual memory of your tragedy. But because of stories from relatives working in hospitals, I can say I have a good reason not to be on record for donating parts of my (dead) body.
Absolutely. I have always considered that.
Absolutely. I have always considered that.
Too late. I already went through his pockets for loose change.
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