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Dutch prince 'unlikely to regain consciousness' after skiing accident
UK Telegraph ^ | 2/24/2012 | Unattributed

Posted on 02/24/2012 11:04:29 AM PST by Huntress

Doctor Wolfgang Koller said on Friday that it took nearly 50 minutes to reanimate the prince, who is the second son of Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands.

MRI scans have showed his brain suffered "massive damage" in the avalanche in Lech on Feb. 17 in which he was buried for at last 15 minutes.

"It is clear that the oxygen starvation has caused massive brain damage to the patient," he said. "At the moment, it cannot be predicted if he will ever regain consciousness."

Prince Friso, 43, who is married and has two young daughters, will be moved at a later date to a private clinic for further treatment but it may take years before he awakens, if ever.

(Excerpt) Read more at telegraph.co.uk ...


TOPICS: Culture/Society; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: coma; friso; netherlands
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This is a terrible tragedy for the Prince and his family.

I cannot help but wonder if he will become the focus of the euthanasia debate in the Netherlands. The Dutch royal family is very wealthy, and can afford the best possible care for him indefinitely.

1 posted on 02/24/2012 11:04:34 AM PST by Huntress
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To: Huntress
Yes, interesting that this should happen to a member of the Dutch royals, of all countries. It would be expected of a commoner that the plug gets pulled. We'll see.
2 posted on 02/24/2012 11:09:15 AM PST by hinckley buzzard
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To: Huntress
Read the article and it seems his wife had ties to the Dutch underworld.

Wouldn't surprise me if this was not an accident.

3 posted on 02/24/2012 11:09:21 AM PST by HIDEK6
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To: HIDEK6

saw that, interesting.. He also was a financial officer for a Brit firm that was into uranium enrichment.


4 posted on 02/24/2012 11:14:07 AM PST by NormsRevenge (Semper Fi ... Godspeed .. Monthly Donor Onboard .. Obama: Epic Fail or Bust!!!)
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To: Huntress

The prognosis for Ischemic brain injuries like this is poor. The only ray of hope may be that his head was kept cold. Freezing is often used as a treatment option for these kind of brain injuries. It makes the chance of recovery a bit higher.

Last year, my one-year old grandson went into cardiac arrest and was without oxygen for over 20 minutes. As a result, he is in a permanent vegetative state. He is still in the hospital. He will be two this April.

Anyhow, hope the Prince is able to have a meaningful recovery.


5 posted on 02/24/2012 11:14:19 AM PST by Retired Greyhound (.)
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Wouldn't surprise me if this was not an accident.

So you think that someone rigged an avalanche?

6 posted on 02/24/2012 11:24:32 AM PST by Bubba Ho-Tep ("More weight!"--Giles Corey)
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To: Huntress

‘reanimate’? Whats that???


7 posted on 02/24/2012 11:34:51 AM PST by 556x45
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To: Retired Greyhound

I’m so sorry about your grandson. Heartbreaking to hear.


8 posted on 02/24/2012 11:49:52 AM PST by mimaw
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To: Retired Greyhound

Wow...really sorry to hear about your grandson.


9 posted on 02/24/2012 11:53:06 AM PST by halo66
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To: Huntress

A friend and co-worker was killed in a skiing accident this past Sunday. Fell and hit his head the base of a lift tower. And he was a professional ski instructor.


10 posted on 02/24/2012 11:53:57 AM PST by JaguarXKE
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To: Bubba Ho-Tep

“So you think that someone rigged an avalanche?”

Hey, it happens in the movies!


11 posted on 02/24/2012 11:55:06 AM PST by PetroniusMaximus
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To: Retired Greyhound

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12 posted on 02/24/2012 12:01:49 PM PST by Quix (Times are a changin' INSURE you have believed in your heart & confessed Jesus as Lord Come NtheFlesh)
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To: PetroniusMaximus

But in the movie version, the prince would ski faster than the avalanche while shooting over his shoulder at the mobsters chasing him. Then he’d ski off a huge cliff, pulling the ripcord on a parachute that would open to a giant Dutch flag. Then he’d make some wisecrack that wouldn’t really translate in the subtitles.


13 posted on 02/24/2012 12:03:02 PM PST by Bubba Ho-Tep ("More weight!"--Giles Corey)
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To: Bubba Ho-Tep

And, in the real-life version, he is a royal dutch shell.


14 posted on 02/24/2012 12:08:07 PM PST by patton (bad math joke omitted - this space for rent)
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“And, in the real-life version, he is a royal dutch shell.”

He seems to be a brain shell right now.

Too bad Ms. Hogly in her sky trip at our dollars didn’t.......


15 posted on 02/24/2012 12:14:53 PM PST by Gatún(CraigIsaMangoTreeLawyer)
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“Too bad Ms. Hogly in her sky trip at our dollars didn’t.......”

... trip over a plate of ribs on her way to the smorgasbord and land flat on her face in the lutefisk?


16 posted on 02/24/2012 12:19:25 PM PST by PetroniusMaximus
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To: Gatún(CraigIsaMangoTreeLawyer)

I owe the world an apology for that comment - I will probably go to H... for it.

Don’t encourage me.


17 posted on 02/24/2012 12:19:58 PM PST by patton (bad math joke omitted - this space for rent)
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To: HIDEK6
Read the article and it seems his wife had ties to the Dutch underworld.

Wouldn't surprise me if this was not an accident.


The drug lord she knew died back in 1991. The prince lost his rights to the throne when he married her back in 2004. Seems a tad unlikely.

Please explain how a crime syndicate can use an avalanche as an assassination weapon.

18 posted on 02/24/2012 12:23:00 PM PST by Cheburashka (If life hands you lemons, government regulations will prevent you from making lemonade.)
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maybe an artillery piece with a silencer..

heck, a crime syndicate took out JFK in broad daylight.. and they do tend to have long memories.. *-)

He was no novice.. the danger level was high too tho .. sad.


19 posted on 02/24/2012 12:33:19 PM PST by NormsRevenge (Semper Fi ... Godspeed .. Monthly Donor Onboard .. Obama: Epic Fail or Bust!!!)
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To: patton

Why should you apologize? You said something many of us were thinking.

Never apologize for saying the truth. For many of us, PC is a bunch of crap.


20 posted on 02/24/2012 12:34:22 PM PST by Gatún(CraigIsaMangoTreeLawyer)
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