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Thai navy SEAL who took part in cave rescue dies after year-long infection

 

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FILE PHOTO: The cave entrance is seen during a ceremony for members of the Wild Boars soccer team, during their return to the Tham Luang caves where they were trapped in a year ago, in Chiang Rai, Thailand, June 24, 2019. REUTERS/Soe Zeya Tun

 

BANGKOK (Reuters) - A Thai navy SEAL who took part in the dramatic rescue of 12 boys and their soccer coach from a flooded cave in northern Thailand last year has died from a blood infection he contracted during the operation, the Royal Thai Navy said on Friday.

 

Petty Officer Beiret Bureerak had been receiving treatment, but his condition worsened, the navy said in a statement.

Another rescuer, former navy diver Sergeant Saman Kuman, died during the rescue operation.

 

Wild Boars Academy’s coach Ekapol Chanthawong and 12 boys had gone to explore the Tham Luang caves in Chiang Rai province on June 23, 2018, when a rainy-season downpour flooded the cave system and trapped them underground.

 

They survived for nine days on water dripping from rocks before they were discovered. Volunteers from abroad joined the rescue effort, which ended on July 10 when the boys and their coach were all brought out safely.

 

(Reporting by Jiraporn Kuhakanand Chayut Setboonsarng; Editing by Frances Kerry)

 

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1 hour ago, justin case said:

let me guess.... fungus in the caves and thai doctor gave antibiotics, which of course, does not "cure" or kill the fungus in the lungs

 

and still they want these caves open for business

Save your bashing of thai doctors for some place else and be ashamed of yourself. Utter disgrace. 

 

A man has lost his life due to his heroic, selfless behavior and all you can do is come here to criticise Thais. It is sad, pathetic and you should go and crawl back under the rock you came from. And all based on you making things up ("let me guess"). 

 

What a sad life you must lead, it really is pitiable. 

 

RIP to a true hero. 

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7 minutes ago, josephbloggs said:

Save your bashing of thai doctors for some place else and be ashamed of yourself. Utter disgrace. 

 

A man has lost his life due to his heroic, selfless behavior and all you can do is come here to criticise Thais. It is sad, pathetic and you should go and crawl back under the rock you came from. And all based on you making things up ("let me guess"). 

 

What a sad life you must lead, it really is pitiable. 

 

RIP to a true hero. 

 

Settle down Joe. Not everyone thinks the same way and his view is as valid as yours; it's just different from yours. I suspect he says what he thinks, you say what makes you feel good, but this isn't about you. Anyways, who's to say which view is closer to the reality?

 

Try not to be insulting, it's against the rules, you know, the ones you agreed you would comply with...

 

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5 minutes ago, Pravda said:

Thai Healthcare at work. 

And no one in your home country ever dies of infections??  In America alone thousands die each year from infections, many of which are contracted in hospitals and are under treatment when expiring.  Why try to bash everything that Thais do??

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RIP

 

I followed this so closely during the entire ordeal as I was not yet living in Thailand. It was such a sad situation and even sadder to hear of another lost life.

 

It was very inspiring to see Thailand working with the rest of the world at this time for help and I loved the amount of foreigners that came in trying to help. It's unfortunate that it takes a tragedy to bring people together 

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43 minutes ago, ParkerN said:

 

Settle down Joe. Not everyone thinks the same way and his view is as valid as yours; it's just different from yours. I suspect he says what he thinks, you say what makes you feel good, but this isn't about you. Anyways, who's to say which view is closer to the reality?

 

Try not to be insulting, it's against the rules, you know, the ones you agreed you would comply with...

 

There's a time and a place. Let him go and make a new thread about lung infections and Thai doctors if it is a subject he knows so much about and is so passionate about. But we know it isn't and he isn't, it was just a baseless Thai bash in a totally insensitive place. 

 

A thread about a man who selflessly put his life in danger to help others and paid the ultimate price is not the place to do it. It is utterly disrespectful. 

 

Not only that he is making assumptions that have no basis whatsoever - he "guessed" the Thai doctors just gave him antibiotics for a lung infection caused by fungus in the cave. So it's ok to just make things up to criticise now is it? 

 

Edit: and his view isn't as valid. His view was a "guess" based on no evidence. Does he know it was a lung infection caused by fungus in the caves? And does he know what treatment the poor guy received or how he was diagnosed? If he does then his view is valid. If he doesn't then it isn't. Simple. 

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Not belittling, his contributions, achievements and his courage to the rescue but the man was a navy seal and that's what navy seals do, put their lives on the line whenever they are called to do so, so to hail anyone a hero for doing their job which they trained and are there for to do, might be diluting the aura of the real heros, those who risk life and limbs when they didn't had to, and were comple to do it just because it was the right thing to do at the worst of times...

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2 minutes ago, ezzra said:

Not belittling, his contributions, achievements and his courage to the rescue but the man was a navy seal and that's what navy seals do, put their lives on the line whenever they are called to do so, so to hail anyone a hero for doing their job which they trained and are there for to do, might be diluting the aura of the real heros, those who risk life and limbs when they didn't had to, and were comple to do it just because it was the right thing to do at the worst of times...

So we should just take them for granted, right. 

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2 hours ago, justin case said:

let me guess.... fungus in the caves and thai doctor gave antibiotics, which of course, does not "cure" or kill the fungus in the lungs

 

and still they want these caves open for business

As your answer was just speculation, is there any news of exactly what the infection was??

 

Just curious.

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1 hour ago, josephbloggs said:

Save your bashing of thai doctors for some place else and be ashamed of yourself. Utter disgrace. 

 

A man has lost his life due to his heroic, selfless behavior and all you can do is come here to criticise Thais. It is sad, pathetic and you should go and crawl back under the rock you came from. And all based on you making things up ("let me guess"). 

 

What a sad life you must lead, it really is pitiable. 

 

RIP to a true hero. 

Here, here, well said.

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13 minutes ago, hobz said:

I wonder what specific infection it was. Blood infection sounds very vague.

Perhaps its some unidentified type of infection. Would also explain why it was untreatable.

It could be this:

 

https://www.melioidosis.info/infobox.aspx?pageID=101

 

https://www.cdc.gov/melioidosis/index.html

 

My wife's granddaughter of 3 years have just come home from hospital treated for it.

She have been in hospital more times the last half year while they could not make her well again, she coughed very much especially in nights, had fever often, lost weight and was not well overall. But the last time in hospital they tested her blood and sputum for this bacteria and only the blood test came out positive and she got the appropriate treatment for 2 weeks and now she is home again and well.

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2 minutes ago, perconrad said:

It could be this:

 

https://www.melioidosis.info/infobox.aspx?pageID=101

 

My wife's granddaughter of 3 years have just come home from hospital treated for it.

She have been in hospital more times the last half year while they could not make her well again, she coughed very much especially in nights, had fever often, lost weight and was not well overall. But the last time in hospital they tested her blood and sputum for this bacteria and only the blood test came out positive and she got the appropriate treatment for 2 weeks and now she is home again and well.

Melioidosis isn’t normally a problem for anyone fit, young and healthy... unfit and old or very young and those with already compromised health are very much at risk.

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4 hours ago, ezzra said:

Not belittling, his contributions, achievements and his courage to the rescue but the man was a navy seal and that's what navy seals do, put their lives on the line whenever they are called to do so, so to hail anyone a hero for doing their job which they trained and are there for to do, might be diluting the aura of the real heros, those who risk life and limbs when they didn't had to, and were comple to do it just because it was the right thing to do at the worst of times...

Totally disagree with you he sacraficed his life to save another persons life, this is the true definition of a hero, makes no difference that he was in the Navy.

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4 hours ago, josephbloggs said:

So we should just take them for granted, right. 


 

Take a chill pill..... you do seem over sensitive today.

 

First you steam into a poster who puts forward the possibility that the hero SEAL diver may have died from a fungal related lung infection from the cave. Certainly relevant to the thread and interesting topic for discussion directly related to the news item.

 

Next you accuse someone of taking the SEALs for granted. No one has suggested that - far from it, this guy has acquired hero status from his efforts. Yes, of course, that is his job.

 

R. I. P.

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7 hours ago, ezzra said:

Not belittling, his contributions, achievements and his courage to the rescue but the man was a navy seal and that's what navy seals do, put their lives on the line whenever they are called to do so, so to hail anyone a hero for doing their job which they trained and are there for to do, might be diluting the aura of the real heros, those who risk life and limbs when they didn't had to, and were comple to do it just because it was the right thing to do at the worst of times...

But none of the Seals were trained in cave rescues which was a bit of a problem. They got the best training they could ever get, in a live on the job rescue, and did a great job.

 

I believe that cave diving is now part of the Seal training.

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3 hours ago, Jip99 said:


 

Take a chill pill..... you do seem over sensitive today.

 

First you steam into a poster who puts forward the possibility that the hero SEAL diver may have died from a fungal related lung infection from the cave. Certainly relevant to the thread and interesting topic for discussion directly related to the news item.

 

 

No no no, you totally missed the point.  I steamed in to a poster who claimed the death was due to the negligence of Thai doctors. He said it was a lung infection (rather than the blood infection reported) and that no doubt Thai doctors had only given him antibiotics which couldn't "cure" the infection.  He didn't merely say it might have been a fungal infection as you claim, he directly inferred his death was most likely down to the negligence of Thai doctors - and he even knew, sorry "guessed" what treatment they prescribed. 

 

He doesn't know the details of the illness, he doesn't know what treatment the guy had, but he places the blame at Thai doctors and their misdiagnosis or mis-treatment,  If you don't see the difference in that then I am sorry there is no helping you.  

 

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Next you accuse someone of taking the SEALs for granted. No one has suggested that - far from it, this guy has acquired hero status from his efforts. Yes, of course, that is his job.

 

R. I. P.

Sorry, he said we shouldn't praise him because it's his job and to do so would be to diminish others.  Sorry, that is taking him for granted.  And he is dead because of his efforts.  

 

Yes, I might be a bit touchy, but that is only because I followed this with great emotion, and the effort that was put in to saving those boys was absolutely magnificent and almost unparalleled.   And to diminish any of the achievements of anyone who was involved is a disgrace.  The people who volunteered and went into that cave are much bigger and braver people than me and I would dare say anyone else on this forum.  To sit at a keyboard and make derogatory comments makes me quite angry.  

I would love to know what similar bravery these posters have exhibited in their life.

 

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16 minutes ago, josephbloggs said:

No no no, you totally missed the point.  I steamed in to a poster who claimed the death was due to the negligence of Thai doctors. He said it was a lung infection (rather than the blood infection reported) and that no doubt Thai doctors had only given him antibiotics which couldn't "cure" the infection.  He didn't merely say it might have been a fungal infection as you claim, he directly inferred his death was most likely down to the negligence of Thai doctors - and he even knew, sorry "guessed" what treatment they prescribed. 

 

He doesn't know the details of the illness, he doesn't know what treatment the guy had, but he places the blame at Thai doctors and their misdiagnosis or mis-treatment,  If you don't see the difference in that then I am sorry there is no helping you.  

 

Sorry, he said we shouldn't praise him because it's his job and to do so would be to diminish others.  Sorry, that is taking him for granted.  And he is dead because of his efforts.  

 

Yes, I might be a bit touchy, but that is only because I followed this with great emotion, and the effort that was put in to saving those boys was absolutely magnificent and almost unparalleled.   And to diminish any of the achievements of anyone who was involved is a disgrace.  The people who volunteered and went into that cave are much bigger and braver people than me and I would dare say anyone else on this forum.  To sit at a keyboard and make derogatory comments makes me quite angry.  

I would love to know what similar bravery these posters have exhibited in their life.

 


This is an Internet forum. Those posters are as entitled to their opinion as you are, and I am.

 

Opinions and views are not necessarily facts and qualified assertions.

 

 

I think you can understand that.

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9 hours ago, josephbloggs said:

There's a time and a place. Let him go and make a new thread about lung infections and Thai doctors if it is a subject he knows so much about and is so passionate about. But we know it isn't and he isn't, it was just a baseless Thai bash in a totally insensitive place. 

 

A thread about a man who selflessly put his life in danger to help others and paid the ultimate price is not the place to do it. It is utterly disrespectful. 

 

Not only that he is making assumptions that have no basis whatsoever - he "guessed" the Thai doctors just gave him antibiotics for a lung infection caused by fungus in the cave. So it's ok to just make things up to criticise now is it? 

 

Edit: and his view isn't as valid. His view was a "guess" based on no evidence. Does he know it was a lung infection caused by fungus in the caves? And does he know what treatment the poor guy received or how he was diagnosed? If he does then his view is valid. If he doesn't then it isn't. Simple. 

 

Then we don't agree, and no arguments to justify one opinion or another is very useful. An opinion is an opinion: share it or don't share it but imho it is bogus to tip a bucket of blood in the water just so one can see the sharks feeding.

 

Your opinion is as valid as his,  but since you do not support the arguments you say he does not support, yours is also equally invalid. Worth noting though that your 2 opinions do not match. That's really all either is worth.

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40 minutes ago, josephbloggs said:

No no no, you totally missed the point.  I steamed in to a poster who claimed the death was due to the negligence of Thai doctors. He said it was a lung infection (rather than the blood infection reported) and that no doubt Thai doctors had only given him antibiotics which couldn't "cure" the infection.  He didn't merely say it might have been a fungal infection as you claim, he directly inferred his death was most likely down to the negligence of Thai doctors - and he even knew, sorry "guessed" what treatment they prescribed. 

 

He doesn't know the details of the illness, he doesn't know what treatment the guy had, but he places the blame at Thai doctors and their misdiagnosis or mis-treatment,  If you don't see the difference in that then I am sorry there is no helping you.  

 

Sorry, he said we shouldn't praise him because it's his job and to do so would be to diminish others.  Sorry, that is taking him for granted.  And he is dead because of his efforts.  

 

Yes, I might be a bit touchy, but that is only because I followed this with great emotion, and the effort that was put in to saving those boys was absolutely magnificent and almost unparalleled.   And to diminish any of the achievements of anyone who was involved is a disgrace.  The people who volunteered and went into that cave are much bigger and braver people than me and I would dare say anyone else on this forum.  To sit at a keyboard and make derogatory comments makes me quite angry.  

I would love to know what similar bravery these posters have exhibited in their life.

 

 

You seem not to support the assertion (if it was made), that Thai doctors are incompetent. I'd love to know how you are going to negate that view.

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