Sakhalin boy in coma transferred to Japanese clinic
YUZHNO-SAKHALINSK. Aug 6 (Interfax) - A 36-month-old Sakhalin boy, who had been in coma for three weeks suffering from a severe intestinal infection, was transported by a medical plane to Hokkaido on Sunday.
Sakhalin Governor Alexander Khoroshavin supported the decision of doctors of the regional children's hospital, the gubernatorial office reported on Monday. The governor, who returned to the city from a business trip on Sunday, met with the doctors and the boy's parents at the hospital.
Japanese Consul General to Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk Koike Takayuki and doctors from the Sapporo Medical University's Idai Clinic, which had agreed to admit the boy, Seva Zavgorodny, also attended the meeting.
"The regional hospital diagnosed the boy with a severe form of Flexner's dysentery, which they had never dealt with before. Nevertheless, the boy was stabilized. His arterial pressure normalized and kidney function started to restore. Japanese medics positively evaluated the treatment given to the boy by Russian colleagues," the report said.
Khoroshavin thanked Japan for the rapid organization of the boy's transfer to the Hokkaido clinic and that the regional government would cover the expenditures. He also promised material and other support to the mother accompanying her boy to the Japanese clinic.
