South Pole Rescue Delayed
South Pole Rescue Delayed
Anne Thompson reports that a woman who works in the South Pole is asking to be rescued affter suffering a stroke, but her bosses say the mission is too dangerous.
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" The remote is an adventure that attracted remain -- cold -- to a job but the South Pole now she says threatens our very health and future."
" current progress in. My chances of full recovery gets left and left."
" The 58 year old manager of the South -- stations suffered a stroke in late August. Leaving this retired nuclear engineer unable to do simple subtraction. And plagued by blurry vision."
" It's like if you're watching satellite TV you know all of a sudden the signal gets scrambled but you've seen this in pixel. He appeared everywhere."
" Do sir says the doctor at the South Pole urged that she'd be evacuated as soon as possible. But the National Science Foundation that funds the station and Raytheon polar surface that employs -- server. Refuse. Claiming the medical staff concluded her condition was not life threatening. And she was clinically stable that statement is patently false for attorney calls the decision on reasonable insensitive and unethical."
" There -- standard operating procedure states that if there's a risk associated with -- life. -- eyesight or disability. They considered that to be an urgent. Medical he's back it's clear to us that they do not follow protocol because it's expensive."
" The National Science Foundation in his statements when BC news says it's trying to manage risk. And SF must always balance the patient's condition with the possibility for injury or the loss of life. Of the patient the flight crew and the personnel on the ground at the South Pole against the potential benefits to the patient. And Raytheon -- extremely cold temperatures and high winds make an extraction dangerous for all involved passengers as well as crew. -- extraction is considered only in life threatening condition. There have been dramatic rescues of the South Pole most notably doctor Jerri Neilson who buyout -- and treated her own aggressive breast cancer. Until Air National Guard unit rescued her on October 16 1999. Doctor -- cancer went into remission but came back she died in 2000 non."
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