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Some Chilean Miners Released from Hospital

   VOA News 15 October 2010
   Rescued  miner Carlos Mamani, from Bolivia, is surrounded by the press
   as he arrives to his home in Copiapo, Chile, 14 Oct. 2010

Photo: AP

   Rescued  miner Carlos Mamani, from Bolivia, is surrounded by the press
   as he arrives to his home in Copiapo, Chile, 14 Oct. 2010

   Medical  officials  in  Chile  say  they  expect  as many as 10 of the
   rescued Chilean miners to be released Friday from the hospital.
   The  chief  medical  officer  for the mine rescue, Dr. Jean Romagnoli,
   told  reporters  that  the  miners' health is very good overall and he
   expects most will be released from the hospital in the next day or so.
   Three of the 33 miners were discharged late Thursday from the hospital
   in  Copiapo  and  driven  away  under  high  security  in a government
   vehicle. Â
   Three  of the miners still in the hospital required dental surgery and
   another is being treated for pneumonia.
   US visit planned
   Meanwhile  in  Washington,  Chile's  ambassador  to the United States,
   Arturo  Fermandois,  told VOA he plans to invite some of the miners to
   the  U.S.  capital  city  in  the  near  future.  He also said Chile's
   government  is  planning  to  help  with  the education of the miners'
   children.
   One  of  the  miners released from the hospital Thursday, Edison Pena,
   was greeted by a cheering throng of neighbors when he arrived home. He
   told  reporters  he  thought  he  would never return during his 69-day
   ordeal.
   The  miners  spent  much  of  Thursday  relaxing  at the hospital with
   President  Sebastian  Pinera  and still wearing the dark sunglasses to
   protect  their  eyes  from  the  lights, after their weeks in the dark
   mine.
   They  now are facing a barrage of requests for interviews, job offers,
   world  tours, and film and book deals. Pena has been invited to attend
   the  New  York  City  Marathon  after he detailed how he jogged in the
   mine's tunnels to alleviate the stress of his confinement.
   Long ordeal 
   The miners were trapped more than a half-kilometer underground after a
   mine  collapse  on August 5. They were not discovered alive until more
   than  two weeks later. They survived underground longer than anyone on
   record.
   In a drama watched by hundreds of millions of people around the world,
   rescuers lowered a specially built narrow cage down a shaft and pulled
   the miners to safety one by one.
   President  Pinera,  who greeted each man as he emerged, led a spirited
   and  emotional  singing  of  the  national  anthem when the last miner
   arrived safely on the surface.

   Some information for this report was provided by AP, AFP and Reuters.

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