I have just received this book "A Slow Death: 83 Days of Radiation Sickness" about Hisashi Oushi who survived 83 days after having been exposed to radiation in the worst workplace accident ever in Tokaimura, Japan. It's a plant that processes uranium and in the accident, which was critical, 3 workers were exposed to the radiation. Oushi was the one of the 3 who took the most radiation and he actually died immediately within passing away. The chromosome inside all the cells in his body was destroyed and, as the cells in his body died there were no fresh cells to replace them because he had lost the ability to create new cells because of the destruction of his chromosomes. The doctors did all what they could to try to save his life and at the end they went bey what Oushi himself wanted. He wanted to be allowed to die but his relatives wanted the doctors to continue their efforts. Because this level of radiation sickness is rarely seen if ever the doctors' treatments started to look like experimental treatments and they kind of forgot that Oushi was suffering immensely. At last the relatives of him gave their permission to let him pass away, which he did after having spent 83 days in hell being so extremely sick from radiation sickness. I look forward to read it. I was inspired to buy this book by a video on YouTube made by Mr Ballen, @johnballen416 who in his video told the story of Oushi and the accident and how it destroyed all the chromosomes in his body. He called Oushi a walking ghost because he actually was a dead person while he still looked like a normal person with a normal life ahead of him. So thanks to Mr BAllen for the inspiration! #radiation #radiationsickness #tokaimuranuclearaccident #tokaimuracriticalityaccident #uranium #uraniumaccident #workplaceaccident (her: Esbjerg, Denmark) https://www.instagram.com/p/CVjB9X-MX4t/?utm_medium=tumblr