INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
Nearly 150 volunteers and workers involved in cleaning up oil along the Black Sea coast have actually sought medical support over the
previous month, health authorities in the southern Krasnodar area said Wednesday.Krasnodar region Health Minister Yevgeny Filippov said 146
people required medical attention amid the continuous clean-up efforts, with three hospitalized and 142 dealt with as outpatients
He did not define the nature of their conditions however kept in mind that no medical cases had been reported in annexed Crimea, where the
spill has actually likewise reached.Authorities established 6 medical stations in clean-up zones, with mobile medical teams patrolling
affected seaside locations, Filippov said.The statement began the very same day a 17-year-old university student died after reportedly
helping clean up a beachin the resort town of Anapa
While the specific cause of his death remains unknown,pro-Kremlin media recommended the teen might have been exposed to poisonous
fumes.Authorities say that around 8,500 volunteers and emergency situation workers are involved in tidying up the oil spill, which took
15 after a storm harmed 2 aging tankers bring 9,200 metric lots of heavy fuel oil.The spill triggered the Russian government to state a
federal emergency, with President Vladimir Putin explaining it as Russias most severe environmental disaster recently.
