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British Doctors Saved Nepalese Climber

WEDNESDAY, 30 MAY 2007

A twenty-two year old Nepalese climber was rescued and was saved by a team of British doctors who scaled Mount Everest to study the effects of oxygen deprivation on gravely ill patients. The Nepalese climber was found unconscious at an altitude of 8,500 meter also known as the "death zone" near Mount Everest Summit.

Usha Bista was said to have been abandoned by her expedition team after she feel ill on their way to the mountain. She was seen by a member of a Canadian airforce and was brought to the South Co camp where the British doctors had established a laboratory to explore hypoxia or oxygen deficiency in the blood. She was given an emergency treatment and was brought down to the mountain for further treatment.

According to University College London physiology lecturer Dr Mike Grocott Bista had an inadequate amount of oxygen - probably only one cylinder, which is not really enough to get to the top of Everest and back again. Due to low oxygen levels the victim developed a high altitude cerebral edema. Bista is expected to make a full recovery.

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