New Zealand volcano eruption: injured tourists suffering severe burns to skin and lungs

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NZ burns units stretched to capacity as Australian hospitals asked if they can take on additional patients

Tourists injured in the eruption of New Zealand’s White Island/Whakaari volcano have burned lungs from inhaling sulphur dioxide and volcanic ash, and “very significant” deep-tissue burns, some to more than half of their body, a senior emergency doctor has said.

 

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