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  • Doctor: Randal McCloy Suffered Brain Damage (latest WV mine survivor health update)

    01/10/2006 11:10:49 AM PST · by Clint N. Suhks · 23 replies · 2,486+ views
    KDKA/AP ^ | Jan 10, 2006 1:25 pm US/Eastern | Dr. Maria Simbra
    (KDKA/AP) MORGANTOWN Doctors today delivered some discouraging news about the sole survivor from the tragic accident at the sago mine in West Virginia. They say Randal McCloy Jr. did suffer some brain damage from his 42 hours being trapped in the Sago Mine. From brain scans, the carbon monoxide seems to have injured the cable system deep in the brain, called the white matter. KDKA’s Medical Correspondent Dr. Maria Simbra says this area connects brain cells together. The coating of these nerves has been damaged. Dr. Simbra says the nerve coating are like the outside of an electric cord. If...