Latest figures now 145 dead.
Bodies are now being recovered from the Canterbury Cathedral and from another building called the CTV building.
The CTV building, 5 stories high pancaked down to one floor level during the 'quake. The building contained a local TV station, with 15 people present. An small English school teaching English improvement to 20 Filipino nurses, and a 3rd business thought to be of Japanese origin . A total number of 120 people. Some were out for lunch but most were inside when the 'quake struck.
The building was flattened. Smoke was seen issuing from the building. Firemen put water on the source but to no avail. A Special Rescue team tried to enter but could not penetrate the building. Cell phones could be heard for a while and then nothing. The specialists said smoke inilation would cause death. Special equipment was used to search for life, but none found. Bodies were starting to be removed last night. Each floor of the building had to be removed starting from the top.
Sadly, a Filipino woman in the Philippines received a text from here trapped daughter saying goodbye and then rest of the message petered out.
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Refer to piece Amputation 2 days ago. Needs expansion / correction.
From 2 different TV channel interviews: The doctor was in fact 3 doctors from the Australian Convention in Christchurch. 2 male and 1 female. After consultation of the 3 doctors the female doctor was selected to do the amputation of both legs and one of the other doctors to apply the anaesthetic. The amount of room in and beneath the beam was very restricted.
The ambulance did have anaesthetics on board but no amputation instruments. Some tradesmen who had been working nearby were consulted and they produced a hacksaw and a large jackknife. The amputation was successfully carried out, the patient was then removed from under the beam and then taken to hospital by the medic, and then transferred to Waikato Hospital by helicopter. The patient 2 days later was doing well.
The 2 anaesthetics used were morphine and another drug which I did not catch the name, I think it began with the letter K. This second anaesthetic as explained by the interviewed doctors, was to remove all trace of memory of what had taken place when he, the patient woke up!! I thought this amazing.
The patient did not want, presently to be identified. The doctor who carried out the amputation did not want to be recognised either.
Today some of the specialist teams are moving out to Port Lyttlton. To remove bodies and maybe find someone alive. Port Lyttlton was the epicentre of the 'quake. To not finish on a sad note, the specialists say it is not unusual to find the living up to 10 days after the 'quake.
From 2 different TV channel interviews: The doctor was in fact 3 doctors from the Australian Convention in Christchurch. 2 male and 1 female. After consultation of the 3 doctors the female doctor was selected to do the amputation of both legs and one of the other doctors to apply the anaesthetic. The amount of room in and beneath the beam was very restricted.
The ambulance did have anaesthetics on board but no amputation instruments. Some tradesmen who had been working nearby were consulted and they produced a hacksaw and a large jackknife. The amputation was successfully carried out, the patient was then removed from under the beam and then taken to hospital by the medic, and then transferred to Waikato Hospital by helicopter. The patient 2 days later was doing well.
The 2 anaesthetics used were morphine and another drug which I did not catch the name, I think it began with the letter K. This second anaesthetic as explained by the interviewed doctors, was to remove all trace of memory of what had taken place when he, the patient woke up!! I thought this amazing.
The patient did not want, presently to be identified. The doctor who carried out the amputation did not want to be recognised either.
Today some of the specialist teams are moving out to Port Lyttlton. To remove bodies and maybe find someone alive. Port Lyttlton was the epicentre of the 'quake. To not finish on a sad note, the specialists say it is not unusual to find the living up to 10 days after the 'quake.
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