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5. John Agikumi was able to report that the family had become ill after eating Ling cod caught near the Tharanne and Thlewiaza river deltas. Analysis was impossible, as they discarded the fish soon after young Edwin became ill. |
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6. I treated the patients with dimenhydrinate for relief of nausea, and transfused both Mary and Martha Agikumi, with 100 cc of plasma each. It was my judgment (and my wife concurs) that both females were critically ill. I immediately radioed for an air ambulance to transport the surviving family back to Churchill. The air ambulance arrived within four hours, but by that time, despite the use of a respirator, both Mary and Martha Agikumi had succumbed to pneumonitis complicated by lymphocytic damage. |
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7. The living members of the family were flown to Churchill, where they are presently receiving supportive treatment. |
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1. My wife and I habitually carry with us a radiation counter for use in our hobby of airborne prospecting for deposits of uranium. |
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2. Mrs. Clark was formerly employed at the Siemans Oncology Clinic of Vancouver, B.C., and is familiar with the systemic reaction to high dosages of radiation. We brought our radiation counter from the aircraft and examined the Agikumi cadavers with it. We obtained readings of 660 rads from the body of Edwin, 580 rads from Martha Agikumi, and 710 rads from Mary Agikumi. |
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3. We subsequently examined each of the 87 inhabitants of Eskimo Point, but discovered no abnormal readings or residuals. Only Agikumi and his sons fished the waters of the bay near the Thlewiaza and Tharanne delta, and only the Agikumi family became ill. |
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