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Trapped Chilean miners to get psychological support
Published in Saudi Press Agency on 27 - 08 - 2010


Chilean authorities Friday launched a plan to
provide psychological support for 33 copper miners trapped 700 metres
underground in the Atacama desert.
The miners have been trapped since August 5, after the shaft they
were working in collapsed. On Sunday - 17 days after their shaft
collapsed, just as all hope was nearly gone - they were confirmed to
be alive, although getting them up to the surface is likely to take
three to four months, dpa reported.
Experts will hold an interview with each of the miners via a video
connection through a shaft with a view to establishing long-distance
therapy, said Chilean Health Minister Jaime Manalich.
Manalich noted that more intense work will be required for five of
the miners who appeared to be at "a greater emotional risk."
"They are more isolated, they do not want to be seen on the
screen, they are not eating well, so we are now going to act directly
in the case of these workers," the minister said.
The psychological support plan was launched once doctors
stabilized the miners' physical condition through liquids and
vitamins. Communications and food deliveries are conducted through a
10-cm wide shaft to the room where the miners found safety.
Manalich said the 1,200 calories they are currently consuming will
be increased to 2,000 calories on Sunday.
Rescue teams have told the miners that the rescue will take time
and that they should be home for Christmas, so emotional support is
increasingly important.
On Saturday, rescue teams are to start drilling a 66-centimetre-
wide vertical duct, which they estimate will reach the miners in
three to four months.
Over this period, US space agency NASA will assist Chilean
authorities in the provision of state-of-the-art synthetic food and
of support for people living in isolated small spaces, similar to
astronauts in Earth's orbit.
Video footage of the trapped workers have now gone round the
world, showing them singing the Chilean national anthem and
commenting on their situation.
"Here we are pretty well organized for everything. Here we have a
set of dominoes. This is the place where we entertain ourselves.
Everyday we hold a meeting and we plan. Here is where we pray," one
miner says in the video. The video shows the dominoes, stored with
other games in the safety cavern, splayed out on a table.
In the 45-minute video, the miners sent their families their
greetings, and showed how they made their beds, divided up space and
took turns for tasks including watching over the food supply.


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