The participants of the cave party have suffered brain injuries – NRK Norway – Summary of news from different parts of the country

– We have patients who are still hospitalized for treatment and who have complications in the form of brain injuries, says Dag Jacobsen, head of the Department of Emergency Medicine at Oslo University Hospital, to NRK.

Up to 200 people may have attended the party at St. Hanshaugen in Oslo on Sunday night. The only entrance and exit to the party was about once a meter.

Jacobsen believes that one was close to a national catastrophe.

– This episode could have been Norway’s worst accident in peacetime, he says.

Treated for brain damage

Jacobsen does not say how many people are still hospitalized, but confirms that there are more patients and that they receive both regular and intensive treatment.

In view of the duty of confidentiality, the Oslo University Hospital has been restrictive with more information about patients.

In consultation with family members, the hospital now chooses to come out with more complete information on the severity, to warn of similar events.

– Kullos is a terrible gas, which cannot be smelled, tasted or felt in any other way. Then comes an insidious internal suffocation of the body’s cells. Especially in the heart and worst in the brain. The two most important organs in the body, says Jacobsen.

For patients who are still hospitalized in Ullevål, the situation is unclear and it will take time to find out whether they have sustained permanent injuries.

– Those who are now have an impact on the brain, and we hope they improve in the long term, says Jacobsen.

Warns against similar events

Ask young people who are planning similar events to think twice.

– We hope that parents talk with their teenage children. Your teen could be at this party or similar parties. It’s also an encouragement for organizers to think twice about admitting youth to similar events, says Jacobsen.

– At one point there were 20 people who were admitted after the cave party. At the same time, we hear that there are people who say it went well. What do you think then?

– It is a type of information that we want for life. I get calls and emails from experts around the world, wondering how it could have gone so well. Apparently based on what they have heard in the media. But then I say: not all have gone well.

– The main message is that it is not good enough to survive carbon monoxide poisoning. Because if you’re a teenager, you shouldn’t live the rest of your life with brain damage, Jacobsen emphasizes.

All those admitted to Ullevål will be followed up for possible late injuries.

Two new suspects

Two more people are suspected after the party at the bunker premises on Sunday night. Two people are already charged in the case and the police are not ruling out further charges.