Saturday, May 7, 2011

West Indies vs. Pakistan from the air.

Pictured here is Darren Sammy taking another wicket from an unusually toothless Pakistani line up.  If we had something better than a phone camera at 2000' and 135 mph, you might be able to see some actual detail.  A rare international cricket match in Guyana was captured on a recent medical emergency flight - we know about the Sammy moment as we were following the play-by-play on AM radio from the aircraft.   The ODI (One Day International) at the Providence Stadium just outside of Georgetown was convincingly won by the West Indies team without a single of wickets falling although Pakistan has easily won the series.

Not pictured here is the 19 month old baby and his mother on board being evacuated to Georgetown with a sharp metal object lodged in his esophagus. This foreign body was eventually removed under general anesthesia by specialists at the GPHC and the child is recovering in the high dependency unit.  He is from Ruperty village and was sent back from Boa Vista Hospital in Brazil due to the complexity and risk of the case.

Also not pictured is the female patient from Kwattata village on board suffering from a rattle snake bite. They were accompanied by a flying physician from the Ministry of Health.