US Doctors Dispute The North Korean Claim of Botulism as The Reason Behind the Comatose State of The Recently Released US Student Otto Warmbier

Updated On March 18, 2024 | Published By: Chirlot Sharma | In Career , Lifestyle

A team of US doctors treating the recently released Otto Warmbier has found “no sign of botulism” in the American student freed by North Korea after more than 17 months in captivity.
Then what is the real reason behind his comatose state?
We will be learning about that in the current session.

One of the Four Americans Detained In North Korea, Otto Warmmbier, a Student Released From Jail, Taken Into Hospital As Soon As He Lands In Ohio, US — Source: Daily Mail (Otto crying in a news conference)

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The Dispute Against North Korean Claim

The team of US doctors that are treating Otto Warmbier, the American student recently released by North Korea, have disputed the truth behind the comatose state of the student as stated by the North Korean regime.

The North Korean regime claimed that botulism and a sleeping pill caused the 22-year-old Warmbier to fall into a coma last year after his trial.

“His neurological condition can be best described as a state of unresponsive wakefulness,”

said Dr. Daniel Kanter.

“Mr. Warmbier “shows no understanding of language” and has “extensive loss of brain tissue” which was likely caused by cardiopulmonary arrest,”

he said.

Doctors say scans taken after he arrived at the Cincinnati Medical Center earlier this week show no signs of physical abuse during his detention.

“Mr. Warmbier’s condition is “not what we normally see with traumatic brain injury. It’s the type we see with cardiopulmonary arrest,”

Dr. Kanter told.

A respiratory arrest caused his comatose condition, leading to a lack of oxygen and blood in the brain.

Earlier on Thursday, Warmbier’s father had manifested uncertainty about the North Korean account of what resulted in his son’s comatose state.

“Even if you believe their explanation of botulism and a sleeping pill causing the coma, and we don’t, there’s no excuse for a civilized nation to have kept his condition secret and to have denied him top notch medical care.“

An economics student from the University of Virginia, Otto Warmbier was arrested in January 2016 while on a visit to North Korea as a tourist. He was then, given a 15-year prison sentence for attempting to steal a propaganda sign from a hotel.

What is Botulism?

Botulism is a type of poisoning caused by the Clostridium botulinum bacteria. However, the symptoms of which are not from the bacteria themselves.

It is a powerful toxin produced by microscopic organisms that attack the nervous system and cause paralysis.

The toxin, botulinum, is used commercially in Botox to paralyze facial muscles and remove wrinkles. Similarly, it can infect adults either through food contaminated with the toxin or through wounds.

It can cause total body paralysis, difficulty in breathing, and even death in some cases.

Botulism can cause total body paralysis, difficulty in breathing, and even death in some cases. Foodborne contamination occurs when bacteria thrive in tinned or other anaerobically stored food. air.

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News Credit: BBC News

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