New Zealand orders more than 1,290 square feet of human skin for badly burned volcano victims
Source: Washington Post
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New Zealand orders more than 1,290 square feet of human skin for badly burned volcano victims
By Siobhán O'Grady
Dec. 11, 2019 at 11:18 a.m. EST
New Zealand has ordered about 1,290 square feet of human skin from the United States to help treat patients severely burned in Monday’s volcanic eruption on White Island, as emergency workers scramble to find at least nine people still missing amid concerns the volcano could erupt again.
There were at least 47 tourists on the island, which is also known by its Maori name, Whakaari, at the time of Monday’s eruption, including nine from the United States. Others were from New Zealand, China, Britain, Germany and Malaysia. At least six people were killed and many others injured.
Speaking to reporters in Auckland on Wednesday, Peter Watson, chief medical officer of the Counties Manukau District Health Board, said that 29 people are being treated in New Zealand’s hospitals, many of them with severe burns. At least 22 are so badly burned they still need airway support, he said.
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Siobhán O’Grady writes about foreign affairs for The Washington Post. She previously freelanced across Africa and worked as a staff writer at Foreign Policy magazine. Since joining The Post, she has reported from Cameroon and Afghanistan. Follow https://twitter.com/siobhan_ogrady
Read more: https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2019/12/11/new-zealand-orders-more-than-square-feet-human-skin-badly-burned-volcano-victims/
I can't begin to imagine.
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He seems like the kind of guy who'd have a lot of human skin lying around his house.
(But seriously, my heart goes out to those poor people. 
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