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(NYPOST) — They were badly beehived.

An 81-year-old Oklahoma man is lucky to be alive following a savage three-hour attack by over 200 “killer bees” — which was so vicious he reportedly broke his hip trying to escape.

“I hit some of them with my hands and you just can’t kill ’em fast enough,” Carl Amos told Fox of the “relentless” aerial assault, which occurred last Friday at his home in Mayville.

The senior was reportedly mowing the lawn when he was beset by a swarm of over 100 bees.

“They were going in my hair and going in my ears and in my nose, and I thought I better keep my mouth shut because those bees will be in my mouth,” the Oklahoman described. “I crunched ‘em and then they didn’t come out, so I blew and then some of them came out and then I stuck my finger in my nose and pulled them out.”

Amos’ family believes the assailants were Africanized honey bees or killer bees, an invasive species imported from Brazil that attacks in far greater numbers than their European counterparts and is responsible for numerous attacks and deaths across the US.

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Despite his valiant efforts to defend himself, the bombardment was overwhelming.

It was reportedly like a game of whack-a-mole in which Amos would try and eradicate the bees in his ear with a tissue, only for their buzzy brethren to fly up his nose like entomological waterboarding, Koco News 5 reported.

Feeling outnumbered, the bee-seiged fellow tried to flee the scene but ended up tripping and breaking his hip. “I heard it pop, so I thought this is not good,” described Amos, who said the insects continued to sting him while he was on the ground.

The attack lasted for three hours before a man from a neighboring business came by and called an ambulance, likely saving the victim’s life.

Amos was subsequently transported to the Norman Regional emergency room, where a team of physicians worked diligently to remove all the stingers.

Presiding medic Dr. Savannah Phillips, who’d never treated a case this extreme, claimed that the octogenarian had “over 100” stingers in him, which were concentrated on his face and hands.

After nurses removed as many as they could, the patient was then transferred to another facility for hip surgery.

He is currently resting and recovering following his horrific insect acupuncture.

The family recently created a GoFundMe page to help cover Amos’ medical bills and therapy and also foot the cost of removing the bees-nest from his home.

“After all this, he is in good spirits but it will be a long road to recovery,” his daughter Heather wrote in the description. “He will require therapy to get back on his feet.”

She added, “The bee hive will have to be removed before he can even go home.”

Dr. Phillips said the patient is lucky to be alive as getting stung that many times can prove life-threatening.

“You can have so much swelling that your airway starts to close that you’re not able to breathe on your own,” she said. “We look for things like if his voice were to change if he wasn’t able to tolerate swallowing water.”

Of particular concern is an allergy to bee venom, in which stings can trigger anaphylactic shock, causing the victim to experience swelling, breathing problems and even loss of consciousness and death.

Amos is grateful that the samaritan intervened when he did. “I feel like I owe him my life,” he said.

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REQUEST FOR EXPRESSIONS OF INTEREST

(CONSULTING SERVICES – INDIVIDUAL SELECTION)

 

OECS MSME Guarantee Facility Project

Loan No.: IDA-62670, IDA-62660, IDA-62640, IBRD-88830, IDA-62650

Assignment Title: Senior Operating Officer (SOO)

Reference No. KN-ECPCGC-207852-CS-INDV

 

The Governments of Antigua and Barbuda, Commonwealth of Dominica, Grenada, St. Lucia and St. Vincent and the Grenadines have received financing in the amount of US$10 million equivalent from the World Bank towards the cost of establishing a partial credit guarantee scheme, and they intend to apply part of the proceeds to payments for goods, and consulting services to be procured under this project. 

The consultant will serve as the “Senior Operating Officer (SOO)” for the ECPCGC and should possess extensive knowledge of MSME lending with some direct experience lending to Micro, small and medium-sized businesses, knowledge of the internal control processes necessary for a lending operation and the ability to design and implement risk mitigation procedures. The ideal candidate should possess an Undergraduate Degree from a reputable college or university, preferably in Business, Accounting, Banking or related field, with a minimum of 5 years’ experience in lending, inclusive of MSME lending. The initial employment period will be for two years on a contractual basis. Renewal of the contract will be subject to a performance evaluation at the end of the contractual period. The assignment is expected to begin on September 30th, 2021.  The consultant will report directly to the Chief Executive Officer of the ECPCGC.

The detailed Terms of Reference (TOR) for the assignment can be viewed by following the attached link below. 

 

https://bit.ly/3iVannm

 

The Eastern Caribbean Partial Credit Guarantee Corporation (ECPCGC) now invites eligible “Consultants” to indicate their interest in providing the Services. Interested Consultants should provide information demonstrating that they have:

  • An Undergraduate Degree from a reputable college or university, preferably in Business, Finance, Banking or related field; and
  • Minimum of 5 years’ experience in MSME lending. Applicants should also have:
  • The ability to design and implement risk management procedures 
  • Extensive knowledge of MSME lending with some direct experience lending to small and medium-sized businesses
  • Extensive knowledge of MSME banking operations
  • Knowledge of the internal controls necessary for a lending operation and the ability to design and implement risk management procedures
  • Experience developing and presenting information in public, including responding to questions in real-time
  • Experience lending to MSMEs located in the ECCU
  • Knowledge of marketing and communicating with the MSME sector
  • Ability to draft procedures to be used in a lending operation
  • Familiarity with the mechanics of a loan guarantee program
  • Exceptional written, oral, interpersonal, and presentation skills, and
  • Proficiency in the use of Microsoft Office suite.

The attention of interested Individual Consultants is drawn to Section III, Paragraphs 3.14, 3.16, and 3.17 of the World Bank’s Procurement Regulations for IPF Borrowers July 2016, [revised November 2017] (“Procurement Regulations”), setting forth the World Bank’s policy on conflict of interest. A Consultant will be selected in accordance with the Approved Selection Method for Individual Consultants set out in the clause 7.34 of the World Bank Procurement Regulations for IPF Borrowers. 

 

Further information can be obtained at the address below during office hours 0800 to 1700 hours:

Eastern Caribbean Partial Credit Guarantee Corporation

Brid Rock, Basseterre,

St. Kitts.

Expressions of interest must be delivered in a written form by e-mail by August 11th, 2021, to [email protected]

 

For further information, please contact:

Carmen Gomez-Trigg                                                            Bernard Thomas

Chief Executive Officer                                                          Chief Financial Officer

Tel: 868-620-8144                                                                  Tel: 869-765-2385

Email: [email protected]                                          [email protected]