Illness Neurotic Reaction to Media Reports: Chechen Doctor
MOSNEWS,
Russia
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Chechnya’s head doctor said a mysterious illness that has affected at least 70 people, most of them schoolchildren, was pseudo-asthmatic syndrome was a reaction to media reports, RIA Novosti reported.“When the media stop supercharging the problem, I believe, the situation will change for the better,” Musa Dalsayev said.
Like the top Chechen prosecutor Valery Kuznetsov, the doctor dismissed the possibility that the illness was caused by chemical and toxic poisoning.
Dozens of school-age children from four towns in Chechnya’s northeastern Shelkovsky region have been hospitalized, most within the past few days. The afflicted, who have also included teachers and school workers, have reported breathing trouble and headaches. Schools in the area were closed until further notice.
Dec 23, 2005
MOSNEWS,
Russia
_____
Chechnya’s head doctor said a mysterious illness that has affected at least 70 people, most of them schoolchildren, was pseudo-asthmatic syndrome was a reaction to media reports, RIA Novosti reported.“When the media stop supercharging the problem, I believe, the situation will change for the better,” Musa Dalsayev said.
Like the top Chechen prosecutor Valery Kuznetsov, the doctor dismissed the possibility that the illness was caused by chemical and toxic poisoning.
Dozens of school-age children from four towns in Chechnya’s northeastern Shelkovsky region have been hospitalized, most within the past few days. The afflicted, who have also included teachers and school workers, have reported breathing trouble and headaches. Schools in the area were closed until further notice.
Dec 23, 2005
