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The Minister of Health, Vlad Voiculescu, declared on Monday that he will be presenting this week the real situation of the treatment of Romania s major burn victims, saying that it is much more serious than in 2016, because there are fewer beds for treating these patients and that there are investments that were either unwise of delayed, according to AGERPRES. This week I will present the real situation of the treatment of Romania s serious burn victims. I do not believe you know the real situation. The real situation is much worse than that of 2016. There are fewer beds, beds which were decommissioned, bad investments were made, investments deferred indefinitely, Voiculescu declared in Parliament.
to fast track the approval process because the trial results were so promising, so if all goes well, it could be available as early as next year. o donnell: some good news. thank you. two more victims of that volcanic eruption in new zealand died today. the death toll is now eight, but it is expected to double when search teams are allowed back on the island. ramy inocencio flew near the volcano today and reports it is still rumbling. reporter: three days after white island s eruption, we can see how the volcano is still being rocked by tremors. just look at that plume. this is the closest that we can get to the volcano ever since it erupted. it s very beautiful, but remember, it s also very dangerous, and the remains of eight people are still down there. nearly 30 people are being treated in hospitals across the country, pushing burn units to capacity. among the hospitalized are honeymooners lauren and matthew urey. he suffered burns over 80% of his body. janet urey is his mother.
tonight we re learning more about the terribly burned victims, which include an american couple on their honeymoon. ramy inocencio is in new zealand. reporter: what was a rescue operation just a day ago is now a mission to recover the bodies of eight missing tourists on an adventure that ended in disaster. paramedic russell clark got the first ground-level look at the aftermath of the eruption. he found no survivors. it was like like i ve seen the chernobyl mini series. there was just everybody was blanketed in ash. i can t imagine what it was like for people who were there at the time. reporter: 47 people, including nine americans, were touring the volcano when it erupted. dozens remain hospitalized. burn units are at capacity. lauren urey of virginia had been on a honeymoon cruise with her husband, matthew. she suffered burns over 25% of her body, matthew over 80% of his, according to their family.
for the holiday season. it s a mexican tradition to set off fireworks after christmas mass. translator: it was very loud. there were several explosions and we saw the smoke. we did think it was the gas station. but then we saw it was the fireworks. translator: a series of blasting came one after the other. people started to fall down a lot. they started running and then many people were falling. pieces of concrete and brick started falling all over the street. reporter: witnesses captured the blast which kept emergency crews away from the scene. the looked like a war zone as more than 70 were injured, many burned, some transported to u.s. burn units. translator: this is a tragic moment for everyone. because many of us have lost family members here. we can t find them. horrible. reporter: there were more than 300 tons of fireworks being sold at the marketplace. mexico has a history with explosions and accidents. there have been seven over last couple of decades. this is the th
for the holiday season. it s a mexican tradition to set off fireworks after christmas mass. translator: it was very loud. there were several explosions and we saw the smoke. we did think it was the gas station. but then we saw it was the fireworks. translator: a series of blasting came one after the other. people started to fall down a lot. they started running and then many people were falling. pieces of concrete and brick started falling all over the street. reporter: witnesses captured the blast which kept emergency crews away from the scene. the looked like a war zone as more than 70 were injured, many burned, some transported to u.s. burn units. translator: this is a tragic moment for everyone. because many of us have lost family members here. we can t find them. horrible. reporter: there were more than 300 tons of fireworks being sold at the marketplace. mexico has a history with explosions and accidents. there have been seven over last couple of decades. this is the th