| British Doctors To Climb Everest To Study Low-Oxygen Impact -
06-06-2006, 06:58 PM
Doctors at the University College London, plan to climb Mount Everest to study the impact of low oxygen levels on the body, to find a hope for critically ill patients.
According to a report by Reuters, a team of 30 researchers and physicians will monitor the health of 210 trekkers to Everest base camp during the 3-month expedition next year. Thirty doctors will ascend the South Col route and 10 will go to the peak.
The expedition is linked to the study based on the fact that the thin air on Everest, limits the amount of oxygen getting into the lungs which can lead to altitude sickness, organ failure and coma.
Similarly, patients with lung and heart ailments in intensive care units, premature babies, cystic fibrosis sufferers and others also suffer from low-oxygen levels, known as hypoxia.
Dr Hugh Montgomery, research leader of the 2007 Xtreme Everest Expedition said, "If we could crack why that is, we could make a big difference to all those people."
The researchers will assess both the physical and mental condition of the as they make their way up to base camp and on to the world's highest summit.
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