Noodles sure beat eating paper and coal
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April 7, 2010, Wednesday
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SURVIVORS of the flooded Wangjialing Coal Mine in Shanxi Province yesterday recalled how they ate scraps of paper and even coal as they enjoyed noodles, their first full meal in 10 days, a day after their miraculous rescue.
"I want to have meat. Sausage would be better," one miner was overheard saying in the Employees' Hospital of the Shanxi Aluminum Plant, while holding a palm-sized bowl of well-cooked noodles with egg, tomato and bean curd.
He is believed to be from Yangcheng, Shanxi Province, although reporters were not allowed to speak to him.
"I want steamed bread," said another miner in his 30s at the hospital, where 26 survivors from the accident are being treated.
"The miners are still too weak to eat solid food, after being starved for more than a week," Liu Qiang, deputy director of the medical team with the rescue headquarters, said yesterday.
Liu said the survivors only had glucose and watery rice porridge after they were rescued on Monday.
He said 60 of the 115 survivors, who were initially taken to five local hospitals in Hejin, were transferred to hospitals in the provincial capital of Taiyuan early yesterday. The remaining 55 patients were recovering in local hospitals and were in good condition.
The medical team still refused to allow media interviews with the miners in order to "keep the patients calm."
"Some of the patients are still very agitated and talkative. It is not good for them to talk with reporters, but nurses have chatted with them about family-related topics as part of their psychological therapy," said Wu Ruixia, the nurse in charge at the hospital.
The miner from Yangcheng was overheard telling of the ordeal.
"More than 20 of us huddled on the platform to stay dry in the flooded pit," he said. "We also built rafts in the hope that we might row out, but we failed.
"Many of us collected paper floating on the water, put it in our pockets and ate it when we felt hungry. We also drank the flood water.
"Some even chewed coal."
A miner who said he was from central China's Hunan Province was in good condition in Hejin People's Hospital. It was a baptism of fire for him - March 28, when the flood occurred, was his first day on the job.
"All of a sudden, the exit was submerged. I attached myself to a pole with my waistband. I was in the water for three days," he said.
After being trapped for so long, many are dehydrated and suffering skin infections.
(Xinhua)
"I want to have meat. Sausage would be better," one miner was overheard saying in the Employees' Hospital of the Shanxi Aluminum Plant, while holding a palm-sized bowl of well-cooked noodles with egg, tomato and bean curd.
He is believed to be from Yangcheng, Shanxi Province, although reporters were not allowed to speak to him.
"I want steamed bread," said another miner in his 30s at the hospital, where 26 survivors from the accident are being treated.
"The miners are still too weak to eat solid food, after being starved for more than a week," Liu Qiang, deputy director of the medical team with the rescue headquarters, said yesterday.
Liu said the survivors only had glucose and watery rice porridge after they were rescued on Monday.
He said 60 of the 115 survivors, who were initially taken to five local hospitals in Hejin, were transferred to hospitals in the provincial capital of Taiyuan early yesterday. The remaining 55 patients were recovering in local hospitals and were in good condition.
The medical team still refused to allow media interviews with the miners in order to "keep the patients calm."
"Some of the patients are still very agitated and talkative. It is not good for them to talk with reporters, but nurses have chatted with them about family-related topics as part of their psychological therapy," said Wu Ruixia, the nurse in charge at the hospital.
The miner from Yangcheng was overheard telling of the ordeal.
"More than 20 of us huddled on the platform to stay dry in the flooded pit," he said. "We also built rafts in the hope that we might row out, but we failed.
"Many of us collected paper floating on the water, put it in our pockets and ate it when we felt hungry. We also drank the flood water.
"Some even chewed coal."
A miner who said he was from central China's Hunan Province was in good condition in Hejin People's Hospital. It was a baptism of fire for him - March 28, when the flood occurred, was his first day on the job.
"All of a sudden, the exit was submerged. I attached myself to a pole with my waistband. I was in the water for three days," he said.
After being trapped for so long, many are dehydrated and suffering skin infections.
(Xinhua)
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