I'm glad they kept talking to him

@markusw7833

7 ай бұрын

@@dindrmindr626 lol...

Thank you , again, for respecting the humanity of Hishashi Ouchi’s, coworkers, doctors, family and all those whom worked so desperately hard to save these men. Too oftentimes this story is told as if his caretakers we mad scientists taking advantage of this man’s misfortune.

@AOT_HxH95

7 ай бұрын

Some have even compared his doctors and nurses to Unit 731.

@danielhooper502

6 ай бұрын

​@@AOT_HxH95because they were sickos for not euthanising him, he was a guinea pig treated with no respect

@foo219

5 ай бұрын

@@AOT_HxH95Now that is deeply unfair to say. I would definitely say that they were prolonging his suffering needlessly, to the point of causing harm rather than preventing it. But they were not doing it for fun, and they had certainly not PUT him in that condition. Being overzealous in trying to prolong life is a far cry from intentionally harming people for fun.

I remember well when this happened and followed the story closely for weeks, but as it fell off the radar of the Western press, and with the advent of the holidays and the turn of the "new millennium" (not really) I stopped paying much attention. I would periodically revisit the story of what happened a few times in later years, always with reports accompanied by that ridiculous grotesque picture of a totally unrelated burn victim. I've never seen an interview with Yokokawa though. Presumably there must be one since he was arrested a year later. What was his testimony? When he observed the infamous blue flash, could he discern it originating from a particular direction (suggesting ionization airglow), or did it appear to pervade his field of vision uniformly (suggesting Cherenkov glow within the vitreous of the eye itself)? Did he feel the 'heat wave' during the criticality? Is he even still alive today in his mid 70s? There is effectively nothing about him the Western media more than a year after the incident.

@thatchernobylguy2915

7 ай бұрын

A lot of my information about what happened in the room in my previous videos (The Countdown to Tokaimura and Critical) comes from his testimony at the trial. According to him, the flash he saw came through the open door, suggesting it was the air ionising in the room, but he didn't feel a heatwave or notice anything. He went back in the room a few minutes later, and wondered if anything had even happened. He's still alive the last time I looked, but it appears he's starting to suffer from the early onset of dementia.

I knew you would post this on December 21. Rest in Paradise, Hisashi.

This was a fantastic series, well done. So much reporting on Hisashi Ouchi is exploitative, thank you for keeping the tone respectful and focusing on his family.

I can hear the emotion in your voice.

This entire series has been a horror story. It's honestly a bit comforting knowing that there wasn't a bunch of Unit 731 wannabe doctors toying with Ouchi for their sick kicks. It then becomes even more horrifying when you realize it was the inability to accept that he would never have made it which likely inflicted unimaginable agony on him for months. Thank you so much for making these videos.

@whirledpeas3477

6 ай бұрын

Lucky he wasn't Chinese

Damn he died 24 years ago on this very day.

@Transberrylemonaid

7 ай бұрын

It’s kind of startling to realize I was 10…

This was so sad. Thank you for being respectful as well as keeping the facts straight.

"you'll get better" :( knowing the ending makes me sad

Wonderful coverage... I do hate it when people demonize the medical staff as if they weren't bound by the law and the family, as if they didn't genuinely hope he'd survive

R.I.P to Hisashi Ouchi who died of acute radiation syndrome 85 days after the Tokaimura nuclear accident

Thank you! I've been patiently waiting for another video! Maybe not so patiently. 😊 Pardon me while I go enjoy your video. Have a wonderful day and happy holidays!

They kept this poor guy alive like 4 months too long.

I wonder how Mr. Ouchi's family is doing? Is there any updates on his wife and son? Even though this was a very heartbreaking event a movie should be made based off of this incident.

@AOT_HxH95

7 ай бұрын

I'm sure the families just want to be left alone. I don't think they would approve of a movie made about this. It's just Japanese culture and their views on privacy. I'm not sure but I think the movie made on Junko Furuta was made only with her family's permission.

Sadly, it is all too easy to measure the quality of healthcare by longevity. Doctors should temper their drive to make patients live as long as possible with quality of life. My father was encouraged to go through 5 rounds of chemo and radiation treatment for stomach cancer. He weighed 64lb when he died. From the front I could see through to his spine. His abdominal cavity was open and empty. I will never forgive the doctors who tortured him.

@foo219

5 ай бұрын

First of all, sorry about your father. My dad died in cancer as well, and he was, frankly, a husk toward the end of it. But they did stop as soon as there was no point in continuing and switched to palliative care instead. It must be a dreadfully difficult call to make, one I am happy I don't have to face, but I certainly think a need to make money off the treatment certainly can't help. I feel that nobody should earn money from someone else's suffering, whether that be illness, incarceration, or something else.

@bsadewitz

Ай бұрын

Not that that never happens, but for a lot of doctors the reality is unfortunately that there will always be someone else to take their place soon enough, so it's not really about money. They'd make roughly the same amount regardless.​ The efficacy of healthcare is determined by the outcome, or how much quality life someone lives. Barely clinging to life in a hospital bed and then dying is not considered success; it is considered a failure. There are plenty of non-profit hospitals. They do make profits, but they just put it back into the operation of the hospital. They still pay their staff. They still receive money for services. They still have to be concerned with keeping the lights on. Making a profit is not inherently immoral. Should farmers not make money because otherwise people would starve? Without profit and loss, there is no way to tell if you are effectively utilizing the resources you have. There has to be some common unit of accounting. That is the actual function of money. This is more than an opinion. Look at what the results were in history when various countries tried to stop using money.

@bsadewitz

Ай бұрын

And it is extremely unfair to characterize those doctors as if they were torturing him or whatever. His family (as in the man in the video) could have instructed them to let him die (well, I don't know japanese law, but that is standard around the world). All one has to do is sign a DNR upon admission to a hospital, and then they won't try to keep you alive if your heart stops. You can specify in a living will exactly which treatments you want and do not want. I do think that in the US the fact that doctors aren't PERMITTED (except in some states) to aid people in dying is sick. It's not fair just to say that these doctors are greedy, given that you don't even know if they made one cent more than they otherwise would have had he not been there. His family was there literally in the waiting room, and I think it's kinda sick to imply that the doctors were doing this primarily with money in mind. His family could have told them to stop. One's next of kin, should they exist, is the one that makes that decision.

18:20 What brain? I am extremely curious as to the effect of a major dose of radiation on the brain Not finding much through casual google search Thank you for making these videos

@kafkaseyebrows

24 күн бұрын

I wonder as well. I know chemotherapy can cause severe brain fog and memory issues and it's not even that much radiation. I imagine a very high dose would kill off a lot of gray matter at the very least.

In order to prevent this incident from happening again they should work using full PPE

Wow. This is very informative. Will you continue this series? I’m curious what ends up happening to Shinohara.

@thatchernobylguy2915

2 ай бұрын

Not until next month, but I will :)

oh man, I came across an unblurred picture of ouchi's poor body earlier and it was horrific 💔 I'd let my loved one go before I'd ever let them exist like that.

happy Christmas.Cant wait for more and great videos from this channel. any good books you recommend about chernobyl.

@jamessales9047

2 ай бұрын

Your mum

Uranium can be like a loaded gun. In the wrong hands , it is ready to destroy whoever is in its way.

So glad to see that no other fatal criticality accidents have taken place in the 24 years since this happened. I wouldn't wish acute radiation syndrome, let alone dying from it on my worst enemy. RIP to the two gentlemen who lost their lives to this horrible accident. 🪦🪦

@ahahuehafook4207

6 ай бұрын

I would wish it on my worst enemies. Be cruel to your enemies.

Does it bother you too how there's a fake photo that always gets posted as if it's Ouchi??

Dr.: you have survived the highest level of radiation in history. Also Dr.: we going to take you x-ray to take a look inside

@jb5631

4 ай бұрын

So? You need an image. The X-RAY is not even worthy mentioning, especially in comparison to the exposure he already had.

@jamessales9047

2 ай бұрын

Trash comment

@bsadewitz

Ай бұрын

This is the dumbest comment I have ever read.

@bsadewitz

Ай бұрын

What should they have done, not looked? X-rays are utterly inconsequential compared to what he experienced. It's like saying that someone who almost drowned wouldn't want to drink water.

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