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Hospital care for injured soaring parachutists in Nepal
VIDEO http://www.ntv.ru/novosti/1458176/
Two Russian paragliders in Nepal are calling out for help. Ayrat Khamadeev and Grigory Andreev, who three weeks ago nearly died during a flight on a paraglider, are still unable to return to their homeland. Judging by the alarming reports that our people received, despite all that time doctors have not operated, and transportation from Kathmandu to Moscow for some reason was delayed. The victims are afraid that because nothing is being done, they may not ever return.
Grigoriy Andreev and Ayrat Khamadeev learned today that their transportation back home was again postponed.
Although the flight was agreed to by the embassy, the Nepalese doctors refused to do even dressing because the patients do not have adequate insurance.
Operations are out of the question, despite the fact that the men have multiple open fractures. Messages received by phone are impossible to listen to without a shudder: ""Lord, save us. Thank you, and had I not broken legs, I would fall on my knees and began to pray for you."In the video, one can barely recognize the formerly merry and cheerful Andreev. He has lost 10 kilos and is now so exhausted that he is barely talking. He and his friend have already been in the Nepalese clinic for two weeks. They do not have painkillers or medicines for Russian tourists in the clinic.
Fans of extreme sports, the men saw paragliding as harmless entertainment. Everything seemed to be going according to plan, but in the moment of landing, because of a gust of wind, the men crashed into a concrete wall. Upon learning of the incident, the relatives wanted fly the victims on a conventional aircraft to Russia, but the Nepalese doctors strictly forbade such an option. According to them, the transportation should take place under medical supervision. Because the Ministry of Health of the Russian Federation have already signed all the documents, we had hoped the agency would send the emergency medical workers required. Oleg Salagaev, spokesman for the Health Ministry, had stated, "After all the necessary formalities in order to complete the evacuation of our citizens, the victims in Nepal, we will bring them home to continue medical care."
Despite this, rescuers insist that the team has not yet received any documents.
Vladislav Schegrikovich, head of the 1st Division of the Department of Information Ministry of Emergency Situations, said, "This is a very serious situation. All the necessary actions have been fulfilled. We have 50 people in the same situation in different parts of the world. I have the opportunity to influence the process of evacuation there. "
Tourists from Russia break their legs during a flight on a paraglider in Nepal
As the correspondent of NTV, Vasilisa Kazakova, relayed, the injured paragliders are anxious to be taken to the emergency Institute of Sklifosovsky. But Russian doctors who have carefully studied the footage from the Nepalese hospitals fear that patients have begun irreversible tissue atrophy, in which case there is talk about amputation.
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Take-away
What is the difference between flying a hang glider in California and flying a paraglider in third-world Nepal?
Now you know.
