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Tearful miners make the calls that truly count - to families
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April 9, 2010, Friday
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SOME of the 115 miners who survived eight days and nights in a flooded north China coal mine yesterday made their first tearful contact with relatives since being rescued.
The first communication was by phone and doctors are keeping the miners isolated from families because of their frailty.
"I feel fine. I am recovering. Take good care of our daughter," one weeping survivor told his wife.
The miner, surnamed Liu, was among those saved on Monday from the Wangjialing Coal Mine in Shanxi Province. "I haven't seen my family since February 1 ... I miss them so much," he said.
He said his wife and daughter had arrived in Hejin City, near the mine, on March 28, the day the accident happened, and awaited word from him.
Doctors have persuaded the miners to keep calm and wait until they regain strength before contacting families.
"The miners starved for more than a week," said Liu Qiang, deputy director of the medical team of the rescue headquarters. "Their bodies are still frail, although recovering. They are likely to get agitated when talking with their families."
Liu said the hospitals treating survivors provided them with cell phones to call families yesterday.
The Rescue headquarters has forbidden visits. A limited number of reporters is allowed to observe wards from hospital corridors.
"Many miners begged us to call their families, but we persuaded them to wait till their health allowed it," said Wu Ruixia, a nurse at the Shanxi Aluminum Plant Hospital.
She said medical staff helped many send texts to families since Monday.
"None of the survivors was in intensive care, or relying on breathing machines by Wednesday," said Liu Hong, head of intensive care at the No. 1 Hospital affiliated to the Shanxi Medical University in the provincial capital of Taiyuan.
The largest hospital in Shanxi, it has taken the 20 worst-affected survivors.
"The mine company prepared accommodation for us and treated us like family," said Gao Zhenke, father of a survivor.
He said all the survivors' families arriving at the scene had been provided accommodation.
About 600 relatives are staying near the mine waiting to visit their loved ones.
"I can't wait to go to hospital to visit my husband," said Sun Huan, wife of miner Li Guoyu, as she held their son, aged 1. She said they have two boys and her husband was the only breadwinner.
(Xinhua)
The first communication was by phone and doctors are keeping the miners isolated from families because of their frailty.
"I feel fine. I am recovering. Take good care of our daughter," one weeping survivor told his wife.
The miner, surnamed Liu, was among those saved on Monday from the Wangjialing Coal Mine in Shanxi Province. "I haven't seen my family since February 1 ... I miss them so much," he said.
He said his wife and daughter had arrived in Hejin City, near the mine, on March 28, the day the accident happened, and awaited word from him.
Doctors have persuaded the miners to keep calm and wait until they regain strength before contacting families.
"The miners starved for more than a week," said Liu Qiang, deputy director of the medical team of the rescue headquarters. "Their bodies are still frail, although recovering. They are likely to get agitated when talking with their families."
Liu said the hospitals treating survivors provided them with cell phones to call families yesterday.
The Rescue headquarters has forbidden visits. A limited number of reporters is allowed to observe wards from hospital corridors.
"Many miners begged us to call their families, but we persuaded them to wait till their health allowed it," said Wu Ruixia, a nurse at the Shanxi Aluminum Plant Hospital.
She said medical staff helped many send texts to families since Monday.
"None of the survivors was in intensive care, or relying on breathing machines by Wednesday," said Liu Hong, head of intensive care at the No. 1 Hospital affiliated to the Shanxi Medical University in the provincial capital of Taiyuan.
The largest hospital in Shanxi, it has taken the 20 worst-affected survivors.
"The mine company prepared accommodation for us and treated us like family," said Gao Zhenke, father of a survivor.
He said all the survivors' families arriving at the scene had been provided accommodation.
About 600 relatives are staying near the mine waiting to visit their loved ones.
"I can't wait to go to hospital to visit my husband," said Sun Huan, wife of miner Li Guoyu, as she held their son, aged 1. She said they have two boys and her husband was the only breadwinner.
(Xinhua)
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