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MAE SAI, THAILAND – The mobilization of more than 1,300 volunteers and military, Thai and foreign, to save 12 boys and the coach of Wild Boars, now the most famous football team in Thailand, found only on the ninth day of searches, all left without serious injuries from the cave of Tham Luang where they entered on June 23 for a walk. They will be hospitalized for a week because of the risk of infection, post-traumatic stress and a host of other diseases.
The remaining four boys and the coach were rescued yesterday, the 17th day, in the partially flooded cave of northern Thailand, on the border of Myanmar and Thailand.
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Laos. The doctors performed a battery of tests on the boys and X-rays showed signs of pneumonia in two of them. All were treated with antibiotics and vaccinated, including doses against tetanus and rabies, said Secretary of Public Health Jesada Chokedamrongsuk. The attention of one of the highest government doctors indicates the exceptional nature of the mission to rescue the boys and their coach.
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The boys are in different stages of recovery. The first group, released Sunday, is already adapted to normal light. The last ones, released yesterday, are still wearing sunglbades, said Jesada. All are in the same environment at the Chiangrai Prachanukroh Hospital, the main province.
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Four Thai divers who had contact with the group for more than a week will also quarantine them. Divers are less at risk than boys because they do not suffer from malnutrition and spend less time in the underground galleries.
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The parents of the first four rescued boys were allowed to see them through a window. Doctors should only allow visits in the next few days. "When there is confirmation that there is no infection, we will allow the parents to visit them," Jesada said. "No hugs or touches until the blood tests show that they are fine."
Small scratches or bacterial infections acquired through ingestion of contaminated water can become a problem for boys because their immune system has been compromised for so many days of inhospitable environment and inadequate feeding .
Although the likelihood of serious infection is low, experts said that they take precautions if boys have contracted a rare disease. A danger is an infection contracted from the feces of bats or rodents that they could find underground. Symptoms range from headaches and fever to, in severe cases, acute respiratory failure or even death.
"We have no experience in this type of deep cavern, but they said that they saw no bats or animals," Jesada said. "Bats can lead to various diseases." The cave in which they took refuge was about one kilometer from the surface.
The hospital sent boys' blood samples to a Bangkok laboratory specializing in infectious diseases. Martyn Farr, a cave explorer living in Wales, said that he doubted that bats are there at this time of year because they are "intelligent creatures" capable of to fly long distances and "do not want to be flooded".
Doctors are also attentive to the diet of boys. They spent nine days without eating and when they were found, they received high protein foods. Yet, officials say, they are still complaining of famine.
They were fed with rice porridge, despite many requests from many of them for krapao, a typical Thai food consisting of fried pork with basil. Yesterday, at the hospital, a doctor approved the boys' request to eat bread with a chocolate coating.
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