Japan nuclear accident claims second victim

["Ulhas Joglekar" <ulhasj@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Friday 28 April 2000

Japan nuclear accident claims second victim
TOKYO: A worker exposed to excessive radiation in Japan's worst nuclear
accident died on Thursday morning, a hospital spokesman said.
Masato Shinohara, 40, died at 7:25 a.m. (2225 GMT) at the University of
Tokyo hospital, said spokesman Tamotsu Watanabe.
Watanabe said details of Shinohara's death would be announced at a press
conference Thursday morning. NHK television reported that he died after a
general worsening in his condition compounded by pneumonia and weakened
kidney functions.
Shinohara had been at the University of Tokyo Hospital since April 10 after
being transferred from another medical facility run by the the university.
He had been on a respirator since February.
Shinohara was the second plant worker to die since the accident on September
30 last year at a uranium-processing facility in Tokaimura, 110 km northeast
of Tokyo.
Hisashi Ouchi, 35, died of multiple organ failure on December 21 after
having been exposed to a massive amount of radiation. He was the first
person in Japan to die as a result of a nuclear accident. (AP)
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