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PHA MI / STOCKHOLM. The eight of the eight boys who were rescued from Tham Luang Cave in northern Thailand were taken to hospital after more than two weeks in detention. Until further notice, they are also isolated from the public because of the risk of infection.
Thai authorities report Tuesday morning, Swedish time, that the health status of boys is mentally stable, but that many of them would suffer from infections.
– All eight rescued boys are in good health, no one is suffering from fever, says Jesada Chokedamrongsuk at the Thai Health Agency in Reuters at a press conference at the hospital Chiang Rai.
A third rescue attempt began shortly after the press conference on Tuesday morning, Swedish time. A total of 19 people went to the cave to try to get out the remaining four boys and their 25-year-old football coach, who is still more than two kilometers away on the mountain.
– We hope that today, we can be faster than before or do it as fast, says an anonymous Reuters spokesman.
During health checks the boys were abducted The cave revealed several potential health problems. All boys have high white blood cell values, which is a sign that they are suffering from infections.
It was found that two of the four boys who came out of the cave on Sunday have pneumonia, and one of the boys has injuries. In the second group of four boys released on Monday, a boy has a heart problem that strikes irregularly.
Many boys also became obsessed with staying in the cave.
– They had a very low body temperature, says Jesada Chokedamrongsuk about the four boys from the other group.
None of the eight boys saved have any problems with the sight because of the stay in the cave.
The boys expressed their desire to watch the World Cup. According to information at the press conference, the doctor said that boys can not go to Russia to see the matches, but that they can watch them on TV.
Family members met the surviving boys of the first group on Monday night, but had to contact the boys through a window.
The lab results should be completed by Tuesday or Wednesday, and if the boys do not turn out to be infected, they will meet the family. In anticipation of lab results, the boys received antibiotics, and they also received a treatment for rabies because they previously thought that they could have come into contact with bats. According to Jesada Chokedamrongsuk, however, the boys had claimed that this was not the case.
– They did not encounter any animals in the cave, he said at the Reuters press conference.
Earlier, it was clear that the boys who had been rescued from the grotto Sunday were very hungry. reported.
– They were very hungry and wanted to eat spicy fried pork with strong basil, said on Monday Deputy Chief Narongsak Osatchanakorn
The first group was composed of boys aged 14-16 and Jesada Chokedamrongsuk also during from the press conference a similar picture of the boys' appetite. They are "often hungry" and need "large amounts of food". However, until now, they have only had lightly fed food.
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