School teacher becomes family’s sole provider
Following the accident that left her husband a doubleamputee, primary school teacher Tena Pyle has found herself in the unexpected role of sole breadwinner for them and their four young children.
Tena’s husband, Melroy Pyle, a 37-year-old construction worker, received electrical shocks when he came into contact with live wires while working on a building at the University of Guyana’s Turkeyen Campus on December 18th, 2017. Within two weeks, one of his hands had to be amputated. He later had to have the other amputated as well.
“It has changed my life a lot because I’m not working. It’s hard for me to work at the same time—go to work and then come and look my husband and my children. Their studies are being affected because I don’t get the time to spend with them as much as I used to. I don’t work as much as I used to and financially it has been rough on us too,” Tena, a teacher at the Clonbrook Primary School, stated.
It was reported by the region that at the time of the accident Melroy was employed by M and P Investment. According to Tena, he had been working with the company for approximately three months.
His case has since been engaging the courts as Tena explained that no party is willing to be accountable for the injuries her husband received. She related how difficult it has been for the family to adjust to the sudden transition and she noted the impacts it has had on the family’s dynamics.
Both Tena and Melroy are students at the university, but both of them have been forced to take a leave of absence because of the accident. Melroy is pursu-