Barbara's Quote:

My name is Barbara Deck Medical project coordinator for doctors Without Borders on board see watch 4. yesterday afternoon Italian authorities evacuated the most urgent medical cases as well as the most vulnerable from Louise Michelle including several women who are between 7 and 9 months pregnant and the body of someone who had tragically drowned during this journey despite this initial triage the remaining 152 survivors brought on board the sea watch 4, were weak seasick hyperthermic in dehydrated appana marcation mentally and physically exhausted after days at sea and rubber boats and then either in life rafts or on the exposed deck of the small fast rescue ship many required emergency fuel showers with more than 20 people presenting with chemical burns caused by exposure to gasoline mixed with salt water in prolonged contact with their skin MSF treated wounds and traumatic injuries throughout the night with medical consultations also manifesting a number of patients scarred by marks of torture they reported in Libya as such the overall health conditions with people of those most recently recovered is stable but highly stressed.