After the cave rescue in Thailand: First pictures of the hospital

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S waving, showing signs of peace and seeming to laugh behind his mouthguard: After rescuing the twelve Thai boys trapped in a cave and their football coach, the band's first video was released from l & # 39; hospital. The material was played at a final press conference in Chiang Rai Province. He shows the boys in their bed, each wearing a mask and a hospital gown.

After their release from the Tham Luang cave in northern Thailand, the survivors were transported to Chiang Rai, 45 kilometers away. There they are still in quarantine. As seen in the current video, caregivers who care for children wear protective clothing.

The parents of the first eight boys rescued were allowed to visit their children under strict protection. However, they were not allowed to approach their children within two meters as they fear that the group in the cave has contracted an infection.

Previously, hospital medical staff had stated that the group was basically in good shape. Although the 13 people trapped in the cave lost an average of two kilos during the two and a half weeks, no signs of undue stress were observed

The children were sleeping while saving

. The boys of the cave, four more followed on Monday and Tuesday, the mission was successfully completed the rescue of the last four boys and their coach.

According to a participating diver, some boys were not aware of the rescue of the football team. Chaiyananta Peeranarong, who once belonged to the Thai naval unit Navy Seals, the AFP news agency, said the boys had been caught off guard by the dangerous bottlenecks of the cave. He was, according to him, the last diver to leave the cave.

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"Some of them slept, some of them stirred their fingers … groggy, but they breathed," said the Thai diver about rescued boys. At the exit of the cave, doctors were posted, who had constantly checked their pulse and condition with the footballers

The working groups had previously feared that the boys would panic during the dangerous dive through the cave. A professional diver and a volunteer spoke to the BBC station about "extremely dangerous" conditions at "zero visibility". Most boys did not know how to swim, none of them had diving experience. The rescue operation had been dangerous, had announced Friday in advance the death of an experienced Thai diver at the exit of the cave

"The group could have fallen into a coma" [19659017] Twelve footballers between eleven and sixteen years old His 25-year-old coach was surprised by the rapid rise of water mbades in Tham Luang Cave on June 23rd. At the last press conference showing the children's video, the head of the rescue team, Narongsak Osottanakorn, said the group should not be guilty of negligence. "We do not see children as culprits or heroes, they are children who have done childish things, it was an accident," Narongsak said.

He also explained how important it was to quickly get the boys out of the cave, as we were expecting more rain. In addition, the lack of oxygen was a great danger. The oxygen content in the air has increased from 21 to 15%. "What we have not said before, is that if the group had dropped to 12%, the group would have been shocked and placed in a coma."

The rescue required pumping large volumes of water to drain the pool Lower water level. The British newspaper "The Guardian" reported, citing three Australian divers involved, that Tuesday night the main pump failed – after which the level increased rapidly. At the time, divers and rescuers were still busy picking up equipment. The remaining 100 workers in the cave ran wildly at the exit, the newspaper reported.

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