German diver recovering well

MANILA, Philippines – Danny von Brumbach, the German volunteer diver who suffered from oxygen toxicity and decompression sickness while taking part in the search and rescue operations in Masbate is recovering well but will no longer be part of the retrieval team.

Von Brumbach’s Filipina girlfriend Madel published on Wednesday, August 22, a post on his Facebook profile thanking everyone for all the messages he has received hoping for a speedy recovery.

“Danny is conscious. Oxygen toxicity, swollen lungs, some water in his lungs. So happy seeing him walking and talking,” she wrote.

Madel added that the diver will be returning to Manila on Thursday by sea as he is not allowed to fly while he is still suffering “the bends” and needs to go inside a decompression chamber for a few hours a day.

“He just needs rest,” she said.

The operations to recover pilots Jessup Bahinting and Kshitiz Chand were briefly suspended Tuesday afternoon, after Von Brumbach was suddenly rushed to shore, looking pale and unconscious.

The German volunteer diver suffered from decompression sickness and oxygen toxicity, the main danger when engaged in deep technical diving.

He was rushed to the hospital in an ambulance that immediately left the command post, and later returned to undergo sessions in the decompression chamber provided by the Philippine Coast Guard.

A few hours later, Von Brumbach — a consultant of the Philippine Department of Science and Technology — was already conscious and in stable condition, according to military commander Maj Gen Eduardo del Rosario. – Rappler.com

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