Bangkok - It was revealed that 12 teenagers and football coaches trapped in Tham Luang cave, Thailand, were evacuated out in a state of total anesthesia. They are called unconscious when taken out of the cave through a dangerous path.
As quoted by abc.net.au and news.com.au, Monday (16/7/2018), it was revealed by one of two doctors from Australia, dr Craig Challen, who was directly involved in the rescue operation in Tham Luang cave last week .
Craig Challen, a retired Perth veterinarian, says he works intensely with Dr. Richard Harris, an anesthesiologist from Adelaide, who handles 12 teens and his trainers medically. Challen and Harris are close friends and fellow divers.
In an exclusive interview with Four Corners program on ABC television, Dr. Challen confirmed that 12 teenagers and their trainers were completely anesthetized when evacuated out of the cave. "They did get some tranquilizers to keep them calm, because the worst thing can happen if one of them panics," said Dr. Challen.
"If you put me with a full face mask with no previous experience and pulled me out of the cave, for about 3 hours drive, then I would be scared and maybe panicked," he added.
Dr. Challen mentioned that the risk is still great to dive out the cave filled with water while bringing teenagers who are unconscious. "It's time consuming and shrouded in danger because you only need one small mistake that makes breathing equipment not working properly or having a small leak or something like that, unknown when they start carrying," he said.
In a special interview with the Sunday Telegraph, as reported by news.com.au, Dr. Challen expressed confidence that 12 teenagers and their trainers could not get out safely without being sedated. It was also called by him that the teenagers were given sedatives up to the level of 'not realizing what was going on.
"They were given drugs," Dr. Challen told the Sunday Telegraph. "We can not find children who panic there, they can kill themselves and possibly kill their savior as well," he added.
Similar information was also revealed by foreign divers from Britain, Spain and the United States (US) which also involved the rescue operation. It was told by a British diver that the teenagers were given ketamine, commonly used to sedate horses, but also sometimes used as recreational drugs.
"I was told that the teenagers were given a dose of ketamine," said the unnamed British rescuer.
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