Chechen Illness Spreads
- From: lorad474@xxxxxx
- Date: 16 Jan 2006 09:28:51 -0800
Remember the small bit I posted a few weeks ago regarding Chechen
accusations that the russians were poisoning them?
Well.. here is the next dot, connected, for educational purposes:
"MosNews
Chechen authorities are going to impose restrictions on media coverage
of a mysterious disease affecting dozens of people after doctors said
it was a reaction to media reports, RIA Novosti reported.
"A replication of this theme in mass media has been gives rise to a
number of the sick, and so we decided to restrict its media
coverage," Akhmed Dzheirkhanov, deputy head of the local branch of
the Emergencies Ministry, said.
Several versions of the disease origin have been already adduced by
different doctors. Muminat Khadzhayeva, a doctor in the neighboring
region of Dagestan, blamed ethyl glycol - a chemical that prevents
water freezing and is a major cause of poisoning in people and animals.
A commission of doctors from the Moscow Serbsky Institute of Forensic
Medicine said the cause of disease's spreading was an effect of
psychological infection. Experts had also suggested the disease could
be caused by stress brought on by Chechnya's 11-year war.
Children have been ill all week in Chechnya with symptoms including
hysteria, panic, shortness of breath, vomiting and diarrhea.
A schoolgirl was taken to a local hospital early on Saturday, as well
as a female school worker. 90 people have shown similar symptoms in the
district over the past several days. But 12 people have been discharged
from hospitals after their health status improved, Akhmed Dzheirkhanov
said."
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