>>7759603Hiroshi Ouchi
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On September 30th, 1999 Hiroshi Ouchi was just 35-years-old. Ouchi and two co-workers were depositing Uranyl Nitrate containing 16 kilograms worth of uranium ions into a precipitation tank when an accident occurred exposing Ouchi to 20,000 times the maximum tolerable amount of neutron radiation. The result was disastrous for his body as strong radiation comprising Neutron beams ripped through his body and shredded his DNA to bits. The heartless and selfish medical team working on Ouchi kept the poor man alive for 83 days. The list of horrific things that happened to his body are mind numbing. His last words were, “Mommy, please.”
After suffering patiently for a week, Ouchi suddenly cracked. “I can’t take it anymore. … I am not guinea pig”. His words shocked the physicians and nurses in charge of his treatment. Was this the time to shift the focus from cure to palliative care? Even if a case could be made for persevering a bit longer, what purpose could possibly have been served by resuscitating him on the 59th day, after his heart stopped three times for a total of 49 minutes? This was a man whose chromosomes had been destroyed. “None of Ouchi’s chromosomes could be identified or arranged in order.” Ouchi’s body was destroyed from the inside out. It was a slow, painful and presumably unpreventable death. Surely the doctors should have been able to recognize very early that he could not be saved.
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