Cay Hill:--- Mark Anthony Deygoo, the 34 year old businessman who was shot by armed robbers on Wednesday in his Back Street store is still hanging on to life even though doctors at the St. Maarten Medical Center have given up on his survival. Deygoo was shot five times by armed bandits, two of the bullets are logged in both of Deygoo's hands, while two are logged in his neck and the fifth bullet is logged in his left temporal lobe.According to a CT scan of the head and cervical spine, metal fragments are high in the right parietal region and in the subcutis while there is a one centimeter opening in the skull.
Doctors at the St. Maarten Medical Center told relatives of Deygoo that he was brain dead and it would be useless to fly him overseas for further medical treatment. Relatives, including the victim's father was insisting that his son be sent off island for further medical treatment on Thursday since the doctors at St. Maarten Medical Center said on Wednesday night that Deygoo would not make it through the night and Deygoo was still alive up to late Thursday evening.
On Thursday, a decision was taken by the family and doctors to airlift Deygoo to Santo Domingo but the doctors at the St. Maarten Medical Center convinced the family that Deygoo would not make it to Santo Domingo and urged them to leave the patient here to spend his last hours.
Some of Deygoo's relatives are angry at the decision taken by the St. Maarten Medical Center claiming that the hospital did not try hard enough to save the young man's life. They told the immediate family that if Deygoo survived he would be blind and he would be of no use to himself or his family. The doctors also insisted that his wife or father sign certain documents to say they have consented for him remain on St. Maarten. Up to press time, the doctors decided to remove the life support from the young man so he could die faster.