From Mirror News, no matter what is the outcome of this whole "crisis", these guys are indeed HEROES in their own rights :
" HEROIC team of workers last night said they would give their lives to save Japan’s Fukushima nuclear plant from disaster.
They have voluntarily exposed themselves to potentially fatal levels of radiation at the facility, saying: “We are not afraid to die.”
The 180 technicians have been nicknamed The Fukushima Fifty because they rotate shifts at the plant in teams of 50 in a desperate bid to cool overheating reactors.
A source said: “They are the bravest of the brave and have put themselves before their country.”
And Tokyo radiology professor Keiichi Nakagawa said: “This is like suicide fighters in a war.”
They fled the plant in the early hours of yesterday after radiation levels rose – but they returned and Japan raised the maximum dose allowed for workers by 150%.
Experts say their radiation suits and oxygen tanks provide little protection from deadly invisible radiation seeping into their bodies.
And 500 bone marrow transplant centres across 27 European countries are now on alert to treat them."
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Thursday, March 17, 2011
Wednesday, January 12, 2011
UK : Mum-of-three Lindsay Goddard dies of swine flu
Via Mirror News :
" A PHARMACY worker described as “a great mum” has died of swine flu.
Lindsay Goddard’s family thought she just had a cold but she became seriously ill with the H1N1 virus.
She was given Tamiflu but the bug caused internal bleeding and liver damage. Despite two operations, doctors could not save her and she died 10 days later."
" A PHARMACY worker described as “a great mum” has died of swine flu.
Lindsay Goddard’s family thought she just had a cold but she became seriously ill with the H1N1 virus.
She was given Tamiflu but the bug caused internal bleeding and liver damage. Despite two operations, doctors could not save her and she died 10 days later."
Tuesday, January 4, 2011
UK : Half of intensive care patients have swine flu - and that figure could rise, warn experts
Via Mirror News :
" ALMOST half of Britain’s 3,000 intensive care beds are occupied by swine flu victims.
That is the warning from experts who last night said the pandemic – the worst in two decades – shows no sign of easing.
If new cases continue to rise as people return to work and school, hospitals may turn operating theatres into intensive care units.
Geoff Martin, chair of medical campaigning group Health Emergency, revealed: “In various parts of London, and around the country, more than 50% of intensive care beds are filled with confirmed or suspected swine flu cases. It’s a huge problem."
" ALMOST half of Britain’s 3,000 intensive care beds are occupied by swine flu victims.
That is the warning from experts who last night said the pandemic – the worst in two decades – shows no sign of easing.
If new cases continue to rise as people return to work and school, hospitals may turn operating theatres into intensive care units.
Geoff Martin, chair of medical campaigning group Health Emergency, revealed: “In various parts of London, and around the country, more than 50% of intensive care beds are filled with confirmed or suspected swine flu cases. It’s a huge problem."
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