Thai cave boys slept while they were rescued on stretchers

The Thai Hospital where the 12 boys and their football coach recover after being rescued from a flooded cave yesterday posted a video showing them in their hospital beds, smiling and chatting with the nurses.

He shows the boys in an isolation room in beds with crisp white sheets and wearing green surgical masks. Some parents are seen crying and beckoning them from behind the glbad.

Chaiwetch Thanapaisal, director of Chiang Rai Prachanukroh Hospital, said at a press conference with officials involved in the rescue that "everyone is strong and heart". The video surfaced when it appeared that the boys were "sleeping" on stretchers across the trails of the treacherous cave. A former Thai sailor, who was the last to leave the Tham Luang complex, told reporters some of the first details of the operation, which has been surrounded by secrecy since early Sunday. from among them were moving their fingers … (as if) groggy, but they were breathing, "said Commander Chaiyananta Peeranarong, adding that doctors stationed along the dark corridors of Tham Luang Cave were constantly checking their condition and their pulse. "My job was to transfer them," he said, adding that "the boys were already wrapped in stretchers during the transfer."

The head of the Thai junta said the group had received a "minor tranquillizer" But the team of "Wild Boars", aged 11 to 16, had no experience of scuba diving and the death of an ex- Navy Seal that had helped to install oxygen.The tanks in preparation for the rescue have highlighted the dangers of the mission

Thailand announced to have called 13 divers "world clbad" to help the aircrew. Australian Richard & Harry Harris, diver and anesthetist

But the joyous end of the boys' trial, the celebration of the world on Tuesday night, could have ended in disaster.

Yesterday morning, the water pumps that drained the area failed while the rescuers still inside, a few hours after the children's cua eva. Australian divers told their local press that the rescuers had been jubilant when they suddenly noticed that the waters inside the cave were rising rapidly.

The high-tech pumps that worked hard to drain the water had not worked well. creating a wave of water that made rescuers run for their lives. "The pumps have failed and the water in the sumps has started to increase," said a diver. Fortunately.

The 12 boys and their coach lost an average of 2 kg in their 17-day event, but they were generally in good condition and showed no signs of stress, said a senior health official. taken by helicopter to a hospital about 70 km to join their quarantined teammates. "According to our badessment, they are in good condition and are not stressed, the children have been well taken care of in the cave," said Thongchai Lertwilairattanapong, an inspector from the Thai Department of Health

. visited them, but had to wear protective clothing and stand 2 meters as a precaution. Thongchai said that a boy from the last group saved had a lung infection and that they had all been vaccinated against rabies and tetanus. Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha has asked that boys have time to recover. "The important thing is … the personal space," he said. "The best way is not to disturb them."

The group ventured into the vast troglodyte complex of Chiang Rai Province after playing football on June 23 and was trapped when a torrential rain flooded the tunnels. They were lost for nine days before being discovered by British divers on 2 July.

Irish Independent