Inspector general of the Public Health Ministry, Thongchai Lertwilairatanapong (L), and deputy director of medicine, Dr. Samreong Sikeaw (R), listen during a press conference at the hospital where the 12 boys and their coach were taken after being rescued from a nearby cave, in the northern Thai city of Chiang Rai on July 11, 2018. / AFP PHOTO / TANG CHHIN Sothy Mae Sai (Thailand): A Thai health official says the soccer teammates rescued from a flooded cave lost weight during their two-week ordeal but had water while they were trapped and are in good health.
Thongchai Lertwilairatanapong, a public health inspector, said Wednesday the 12 boys and coach rescued over the three previous days “took care of themselves well in the cave.” Thongchai said one member of the final group of four boys and the coach who arrived at a hospital Tuesday evening had a slight lung infection.
Two of the first group had a lung infection as well, and Thongchai said they would need medicine for seven days. Divers extracted the team in a high-risk mission inside the flooded passageways. The group entered the cave on June 23 but flooding cut off the exit.