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NZ diver hospitalized with decompression sickness

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by LUTHER MONROE - CDNN Safety News Editor

CHRISTCHURCH, New Zealand (3 June 2006) -- A 26-year-old Nelson man is in serious condition after a scuba diving accident in Marlborough Sounds.

The diver is being treated for the 'bends' after running out of air at depth while diving for crayfish and making an emergency ascent.

A rescue helicopter from Wellington was deployed to transport the diver from Marlborough Sounds to Christchurch Hospital where he is being treated in a decompression chamber.

 

Hospital officials say the diver is expected to make a full recovery.

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