The Most Radioactive Man in History - Hisashi Ouchi
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- Опубликовано: 21 ноя 2024
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This is the second episode in my series examining horrific true stories and true crimes from around the world.
A japanese man named Hisashi Ouchi was involved in an accident in which he was blasted with radiation. The dose was the highest any single living human had received in history. His harrowing experience after is a story of suffering no man, woman, child or animal should ever experience.
This video is exploring the terrifying experience of Ouchi and the medical team which desperately fought to save his life and reduce his suffering.
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Why am i not surprised
Sad. RUclips continues to limit freedom of educational and scientific speech like a bunch of crackpots.
@@namm0x326 the images were not pleasant to say the least tho
even though they are not the most enjoyable thing to see its still important to know the story of what happened
It's frustrating to see a pay wall put up on something that was free until RUclips's incompetence struck :(
the fact that he survived for 83 days while his body decomposed around him is both a testament to how resilient the human body is and an act of unspeakable cruelty. i'm sure nobody intended to make him suffer, but this here is why it's so important to acknowledge a person's right to die in these cases.
I think it is time that we as a society had the discussion about right to die
He actually begged the scientists to kill him since the beginning but they wanted to study his body so they kept him alive
@Alvaro Escobedo that's 100% false. He never begged to die and they did not "keep him alive" to experiment on him. That's a false narrative that I debunked in this video
He was resuscitated 4 times by doctors and it’s said that he told doctors was not a Guinea pig and leave him alone. It took a do not resuscitate order for that man to achieve peace in death. So disgusting to let someone suffer like that.......even in the name of science.
@Yani Bradley nothing was done in the name of science. Its a doctor's job and legal responsibility to attempt to keep patients alive unless they have a do not rescusitate order. Nobody was experimenting on Ouchi they were trying to save his life.
The fact that he thought he'd maybe just get leukemia from this accident is absolutely heartbreaking
Yes, like... like this radiation dose would give him a chance to live into the timespan (years to decades after) when leukemias and cancers as a consequence become relevant. He had acute radiation syndrome of one of the worst kinds. Certainly that of most Hiroshima victims in the months after was less severe, those who suffered only ARS but no burns were not stripped of the external layers of their skin. And the origami cranes technique... not so much has changed since the days of Sadako Sasaki.
You know it’s bad when leukemia sounds way better than the pain he endured..
@@DeandreMora It's not just the pain, it's also the fear of almost certainly dying which makes leukemia (and possibly dying) sound good
it kinda indicates that he had no business doing what he was doing in the first place having no basic knowledge of it
@@DeandreMora to be fair most people live normal lives before leukemia can get them. That’s how long cancer takes to kill you lol. People can have cancer right now and never know and live relatively normal live s
I love how you don't paint the hospital as a villain. I've seen so many videos on this case that paint the hospital staff to be monsters. While he did suffer for an excruciating amount of time they were trying to save him. Not just doing tests. A totally new perspective on an awful tragedy. Thank you.
Thanks for watching
In its purest form,being a doctor means never giving up on the patient no matter how grim the diagnosis Is.
I cannot fathom getting up in the morning and getting ready to go to work on a patient as completely fatally sick as this man was.
The doctors and nurses paid for it with the lifetime memory of the sights sounds smells and touch sensations of a human biologically melting over several months from radiation exposure.
If I could tell my relatives one thing in this case is please find a way to end my life before I get as bad as he got.
Death came to him as a savior.
His body was destroyed long before he actually died.
Just awful.
They couldn't give up until the family signed a DNR. They had to keep him alive and treat him by any means necessary.
What we have learned from this is that we can't repair or replace broken DNA from stem cell transplants or skin grafts. It would have been a revolutionary breakthrough had it worked but... no
@@Clbull118 Well it worked. The stem cells were successfully replaced but the radiation his body absorbed caused them to mutate. By the time they tried skin grafts which do work his body was too far gone for them to adhere. They probably would've worked if there was a way to remove the radiation, but sadly there wasn't, and there still isn't a complete cure to radiation exposure to this day.
This is a discussion of ethics on an impossible scale, on one hand the doctors creed is to NEVER give up on the life of a patient but imo there are always limits, and those doctors KNEW without a doubt very early on he had no chance of survival, they KNEW he was going to die an excruciatingly horrible death, but CHOSE to keep him alive, to study those effects.
Imo thats inexcusable for ANY reason, if its beyond a doubt that he was going to die a horrible death, he should have been let go, when we was begging for death, he should have been let go, there is in my mind, no excuse that can be used that would convince me it wasn’t possibly the most horrible thing a doctor could do to someone.
Again this is my opinion.
Poor guy was proof that there are fates immensely worse than death.
I would have put a bullet in my mouth if I knew I received a deadly dose of radiation. Take myself out before hell starts
He experienced hell here
literally
Death is our way closer to immortality.
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Not only is this episode really well made, I appreciate how humane it is - As other commenters have pointed out, other videos on this subject seem to either focus on the grisliness of Ouchi's condition, or make out like the doctors kept him alive for experimentation with no care for his wellbeing - whereas this one goes into how Ouchi loved his wife and was loved by his family, and how the medical staff cared for him and wanted to make him better again. It was honest and showed the truth without being dehumanising or sensationalist.
Thank you, I tried to treat him respectfully whilst also capturing the horror of his situation to generate some empathy for him and the people involved. Its a very difficult balance to strike
I mean.. Ouchi was begging to be euthanized bc of the pain he was in. At some point you should make the ethical decision to let him die
@@Bettersucksaul its illegal for them not to keep him alive if there’s no DNR, as stated in the video. it’s sad he had to suffer but they had to respect the family’s wishes :(
@@Bettersucksaul Theres a video of a man who got pinned in between a subway train and the platform. Everything below his torso was mush, and the only thing keeping him alive was the pressure from the subway train stopping his insides from literally spilling out of his waist. He suffered for 2 agonizing hours before being pronounced dead, and the doctors had to just sit there and try to keep him as alive as they could for as long as they could, as required by law in I believe China, where this took place.
This was a very similar situation. The doctors had no choice but to try to save his life, despite it being, at that stage, literally impossible, and by law there was nothing they could do about it. Its unfortunate, but that's the law for you.
@@Bettersucksaul unfortunately thats an ethical decision the family had to make. The doctors can't.
Imagine being brought back to life from the cardiac arrest only to suffer more in complete unconsciousness as your body decays. One of the worst possible deaths. May Hisashi Ouchi rest in peace
You don't feel anything when you're unconscious, his brain went to sleep and was ready to just die
R.I.P Hisashi Ouchi. :c
@anonymous user If nerves get damaged you dont stop feeling pain, it's the exact opposite, you continuously feel pain
And the cause of that cardiac arrest was the stress from all that treatment
@anonymous user don't assume shit before you watch then
Decomposing while being alive. That is just inhumane. I feel so bad for him but I think the family and some of the doctors might have had unrealistic hope that they could save him.
Its very difficult to judge those involved without being in their position. Most of us would sacrifice almost anything for those we love
@@PeakedInterest Exactly! That's why I said they had unrealistic hope because they were simply blinded by their love for him, they didn't want to let him go and that is a very normal reaction. And yeah you are correct we would all sacrifice almost all for those we love.
I'd like to think I'd be more detached and do what's best for my loved one rather than myself but it's really tough
@@artlover4997 it egoistic and selfish rather to keep your self happy when you see other suffer but keeping them no matter what keeps you happy.
@@mrsmerily That is the problem with most humans, we are selfish unfortunately.
What a tragic and horrific case. The ironic thing is, he was initially very worried about cancer...but he could never get cancer since his cells could no longer divide.
Well I heard it’s only an equivalent of X- chest ray so…
@@tylerhartley5031…. “So”? So, what?
What are you on about? Are you saying the radiation he was exposed to is equal to that of an x ray? Huh? Are you delusional? Did you watch the video ?
@@KidsWithGuns1992 It's a meme from the Chernobyl miniseries. The character Boris Shcherbina initially characterizes the ambient radiation around Chernobyl as being the equivalent of a chest X-ray. Legasov quickly corrects him, stating that it's the equivalent of 400 X-rays.
Chernobyl was very fertile ground for dark 'downplaying the dangers of radiation' jokes; if you hear someone talking about 3.6 roentgen (especially if they call it 'not great, not terrible'), characterizing graphite as burnt concrete, or making a reference to Anatoly Dyatlov, they're talking about the show.
Cancer is a far better faith than that horrendous death
Ahhh geez. That comment has got to be the most harshest and most blunt comment I ever read. That f**king hurts.
In case you're wondering what happened to the other two workers, Masato Shinohara who poured the liquid died after seven months of multiple organ failure in the same hospital. Yutaka Yokokawa who supervised the task survived with radiation sickness and was charged with negligence.
Was the workplace investigated at all? This sounds like the company prioritized their production numbers over workplace safety
@Jenni Locke they did eventually face civil action
@@PeakedInterest good. I have worked in a few factories and most places do prioritize the bottom line over worker safety, then find some way to weasel out of workman's comp when someone gets hurt.
@Jenni Locke I too have worked in those environments...I agree completely
@@倉本貴代美 who knew the Japanese could be so rude.
The dude basically had the lifespan of his cells. Whatever he had left was it.
That's pretty much correct really
@@PeakedInterest what happened to the two others? Did they survive?
@@naija6106 no
@@bobbyrayofthefamilysmith24 isn't 5000 the lethal dose, so the one who was at the desk was injured and probably not killed
@@naija6106 one of them did, the other one did not.
I would have rather died immediately than to suffer this slow, painful death. This is when the family has to realize it's time to let go sooner rather than later. My heart breaks for what Ouchi went through because of a freaking job.
Suffering is worst of the worst.
Even animals we eat are killed immediately.
No pain.
I agree. Would never want anyone to have a family like this. Bruh, it’s so sad.
No way his family didn't want to put him to pasture.
@@sushi5557 I think everyone was selfish and there’s no way to possibly spin it otherwise
Japan has anti "pull the plug" laws in their Hospitals
He clearly had a healthy heart, the fact it kept going after all that radiation and it was only beating at 120 bpm after all that happened to his body is amazing. No one deserves to go out like that.
And in the autopsy the only organ in his entire body that had almost zero damage was his heart. It was considered a miracle and scientists still don’t really know why his heart was nearly undamaged even after so much radiation.
Well I heard it’s only an equivalent of X- chest ray so…
@@MeMyselfandIKay tell your neighbor that’s high up on coke that
@@MeMyselfandIKay oh… well then ask me if 120 is a extremely high heart rate
@@MeMyselfandIKay its high for a normal healthy adult not a critically injured person undergoing massive anxiety and stress responses. A healthy adult with a minor anxiety attack can hit 120 BPM easily.
As someone in the medical field, this is a good case for showing the importance of not treating patients for the sake of treatment. There is a point when treatment itself becomes inhumane. Great job on providing the interviews. The photo at the end shows up a lot; it's great that you clarified that it was false. I initially thought it was real but came across a reddit post where they showed that it was false. I appreciate you providing the actual medical photos though. They provide a better image of how rapidly he deteriorated.
Thanks. I was training in a medical field myself not too long ago (radiography) so the medical facts felt important to get right and also I felt it was important to dispell the myth that doctors kept him alive to experiment on him because that was a very prominent rumour that just wasn't true.
Hate to break it to you but if it wasn't for the inhumane experiments that happened during WW1 and WW2 your medical studies would not be what it is. It's a hard to believe that the United States hired Ex Nazi scientists and deathrow Japanese doctors who tortured people for the sake of medical studies and care. But it makes sense how we can operate people and not kill them and how surgical Operations have become so advanced during the cold war. I don't like it but let's not be hypocrites here because we still experiment on living things to this day.. Perfect example the covid vaccine is a test on humans...we are the most evil on this Earth while being a god send
@@thevally6127 Vaccine tests are peoples choice though... Being a POW and being experimented on with no anesthetic and being in a study group are so astronomically different its insane.
@Ughra Yuvakov the UK stopped funding the course and I didn't have enough money to continue studying so I had to leave. I was on course to qualify in another 4 months
Peaked Interest that’s awful, I’m so sorry.. I hope you can get back to it soon (if you want to ofc)! I’m studying medicine atm now too, but surgery instead, and I can’t imagine doing anything else. You did a great job on this video, we can really tell you understand the background. Good luck with your studies mate ❤️❤️
his pain is beyond imaginable. sometimes, i feel lucky being healthy doing nothing.
nah, it sad too
@@ryo634 What?
@@unconcernedcitizen4092 being healthy and doing nothing is also sad for me
@@ryo634 Oh, gotcha. I agree. It’s honestly almost as bad as, or worse than, simply being unhealthy but being productive.
OUCHIe
sorry i had to do it
Imagine being his wife and not even being able to kiss him goodbye by the time you accepted he was going to die
@@austins.2495 bruh. why even say this.
@@austins.2495 that's a very disrespectful thing to say, you moron.
@@austins.2495 wow, I certainly hope you never have to console someone who has suffered a loss in their family
@@leoc4177 what did he say?
@@Bob-np9xi what did he say?
His fate still haunts me. I'm so very, very sorry, Ouchi.
True. May he and everyone who suffered such painful, undeserved deaths such as his colleague, Masato Shinohara, rest in peace forever.
As a mother myself, I understand the urge to try every avenue possible to save my baby. But, Holy Christ. I couldn't watch my son suffer this way. Sometimes, death is better. I pray I will never have to face a terrible reality like this.
mom?
@DeludedDesktopAlien That's awful. I'm sorry.
This sounds kinda weird but it was cruel that they kept him alive while he was decomposing
@@jazberrybear There is nothing weird about your comment.
Death from Radiation is not scary, Dying from Radiation is traumatic and agonizing.
Never forget
The idea of something that we can't even see with our bare eyes being so destructive that it literally destroys our bodies ability to be a human body is absolutely terrifying.. 😨
While it is, humans are actually incredibly resistant to radiation (in doses of course). Every day, both you and me are exposed to it, and it just peels off us.
@MrSkillns our bodies have become resistant to background radiation, most of our internal organs remain radiosensitive to anything above it, though there is a safe limit.
@@MrSkillns we can survive little minuscule packets of ionizing radiation here and there, But its as if a solid Wall of ionizing radiation just ran right through ouchi, tearing apart every tiny structure that made up his body.
^^ What Peaked said. This is why X-ray is possible without killing you, yet pregnant women can't get x-rayed because of the chance of the baby dying.
@@PeakedInterest It’s actually why people suffering from radiation poisoning experience stomach issues, most commonly known, vomiting.
I feel for the medical team and family who had watch this man literally fall apart, dying in front of him each day.
That was one of the worst aspects for me too
I cant imagine it for that long. I watched a patient die from an extra rare version of SJS which is a very rare allergic reaction that causes the skin and mucus membranes to slough off. I had nightmares for weeks. I cant imagine the degree of trauma watching that for 83 days when just 3 days has it stuck behind my eyelids for the rest of my life.
@@thatfuzzypotato1877 I can’t even imagine that. I imagine watching someone die is always terrible but seeing someone die slowly, having to see them slowly getting worse and worse, must be horrific
@@thatfuzzypotato1877 yeah i recall nursing a pt with SJS too..... i remember it till this day. We do rotation of cases so on the days when i am rotated out to other patients, i had a breath of relieve. Because its just so hard to look at and trying to nurse them and replace their dressing is agonizing to them and for us to hear him/her groaning in pain...
@@510235 that was the hardest part. Pain management. Fentanyl patch? No, the skin is falling off. SubQ pain pump? Cant get the needle in the skin sloughs away trying to apply the needle. IV morphine? Same problem. Oral roxanol? Her mucous membranes are dissolving sonit wont be absorbed. We were giving fatal doses in normal people just hoping something would absorb. Came in one evening I knew she had little time left. Gave her morphine and stayed at bedside till shs died. CNAs helped me clean her, get her face as "normal" as we could. Drag a blanket to her chin and lay her flat to close her jaw so family couldn't see her ulcer riddled mouth. Carefully told them not to pull thr blankets down. I wonder if they saw that thousand yard stare in our eyes because they listened and never touched her blankets or anything we did to munimize the visible damage. It will haunt me forever like I am sure sir Ouchi shall haunt the staff forever
Hishashi’s story is very interesting. It’s not about a family being selfish or evil doctors. It is about a man who was exposed to about 17 Sieverts (or about 17,000 times the limit one person should experience in a year) in the matter of seconds. He was kept alive on the idea that one day he would get better. Both the doctors and family were genuinely trying to help him. There was nothing selfish about it.
If anything, his family and doctors were desperate to keep him alive
Yes there was because they were informed and knew better, they tortured that man to death and there is no way around it
@@powerkingez9682The family was informed that there was hope, a chance that he could recover, So of course they held on to that hope. Please, Stop trying to demonize a wife and son who just wanted their husband and father to get well. You were not there, So you can't understand what they were going through at that time.
@@alphonsejohnson5601 they knew there was no hope hello every one knew even the doctor was hinting at it that he definetly did not like it in the end, how coud anyone support or understand this is beyond me, the dudes insides litterly ran out he's own ass because he's dna was melting, there is a clear line we do not cross in cases like this and this one shoud have been over after 2 weeks bot 3 months
It was very selfish.
This honestly is so sad. Dude was only 35 and died an agonizing death. I can’t imagine how he must have felt when he realized he was a dead man.
@@channelmoved2014 I can’t even imagine 😢
I feel bad for the dude, and imagine being his child.
@@heathmalone4325 Imagine being his child... and going there to visit him for the last time... when he was in that state. That should be a crime
Thing is his family and he himself wanted to live, the family signed a contract that would make sure he would be alive for as long as possible until cured.
if he was 35, his child must’ve been under the age of 10. seeing his/her father in that state probably gave trauma to the poor kid...this whole situation is just so hard for me to imagine
He was literally alive while living inside the body of a corpse, a living corpse with only the heart beating if you will. All the staff interviewed have that thousand yard stare in them and some do seem to have suffered from some form of PTSD from the experience. Horrific
I would not be surprised at all if they had PTSD. To be honest I'd expect it
I cannot imagine what any of them went through. This is so horrible
I would have developed PTSD if i were them
There have been stories of med staff developing ptsd over cases other than this. It wouldn’t surprise me.
I've been thinking of this the whole time I was going through the comments.. I figured someone had already commented this, since this video has been uploaded a long time ago.. I've been reading the comments on this video for 2 hours and 45 mins now..
I've worked in critical care for 32 years. The difficult part is knowing when to stop and say enough. Knowing how much radiation he had received, and knowing what a terrible state his DNA was in and that his stem cell transplant had failed, that decision could have been made sooner. There was no way this man could have survived. Death is sometimes merciful.
It does make a bit sense if the family kept begging and believing.
It is especially hard for me to understand the family.
My culture (Dutch) is totally different from that of a Japanese, that doesn't help.
I lost a very beloved Person to cancer. I watched her being eaten away from the Tumors, she fought incredibly hard. But thankfully we were in a hospice, so she could die peaceful, without useless Treatment which just would have drawn Out her suffering.
Death was a Relief, a friend.
I have a hart time to understand people/ relatives who cant let go although its painfully clear that nothing can help but Death.
It may sound brutal, but at one point its just selfish to not let go.
From the relatives and the doctors
Would it not be the responsibility of the medical Staff to talk to the relatives and helping them to accept that they tortured this poor man?
What Ouchi had to suffer through is beyond comprehension.
He was a Corpse forced to live.
@@PieterPatrick how is your culture different from his? Would a Dutch family simply abandon a member in a similair case? I'm aksing this since I'm from Albania, and I don't belive any Albanian would do that to any family member. They would most definitely fight and stick with him till the last moments.
@@hoti47 Because euthanasia or assisted suicide is only legal in very few countries (Netherlands and Switzerland I think) and people travel to them specifically to end their suffering
The stem cell transpant already was pointless.
I see people only talk about Hisashi but not about Masato...the poor guy may not have suffered as much as Hisashi did but it seems like people forgot about him. May they both rest in peace and be happy wherever the are.
He was literally a corpse with a brain. His body no longer maintaining itself, but his brain still alive and well. Terrifying
Bruh idek how, but this sounded so poetic to me
@@urmomshouse8069 ello, how ar u
"A corpse with a brain." - Sun Tzu, Art of War
@@白キロ i am unda dee wata
That is exactly what happened to the people who worked at chernobyl
Honestly, i don't blame the staff. They're actually obligated to keep Ouchi alive as long as possible as long as his family doesn't pull the plug. I can't imagine letting a family member suffer just so they could "stay alive"
@@shineon7641 i do agree that Ouchi died inside long before they decided to pull the plug. Though i meant "alive" in a medical way, as in kept his heart beating
@@transmogrifying His body was dead, however his brain wasn't and his heart was still beating
This very scene here occurs in ICU's across the country on a daily basis. Plenty of terminal and suffering people are kept alive longer than necessary because family are hopelessly optimistic.
@@shineon7641 No?
@@shineon7641 And then you have the other side of the story where my 90 year old grandfather was admitted to hospital and diagnosed with cancer and died within a day.
And my family were seriously questioning whether he could have died THAT quickly and many relatives including my father didn't get an opportunity to visit him.
So the family suspects they just considered him old and unsaveable and didn't bother putting in an effort to keep him alive.
I feel terrible for him. The fact that this accident mutated his DNA so much is absolutely insane, I've never heard of that. It's astonishing he survived for that long. I feel so sorry for his family too, this must have truly hurt. This is genuinely so upsetting.
The fact that his own immune system was helping into destroying his own body, was just saying that he needed to be let go.
@@jatman9556 agreed!!!!
The worst part is he didn't even get superpowers
@@jatman9556 that's also what IS is doing for people with autoimmune disease and HIV
@A BH cancer isn't as bad as what he had
His final message around the 80th day, “Mommy please” sends chills down my spine.
What a poor, tortured soul. Cant imagine what he was going through.
I dont think he could say anything at that point because of the skin deceasing the vocal chords would've been damages so he couldn't speak anymore
I think his last words were telling his wife he loved her. This was because it was getting too difficult to breathe, and doctors had to insert a breathing tool. It's likely as his condition worsened, he lost his senses, and I doubt doctors would take the risk of taking the breathing tube out.
@@legit4052 I doubt that, this isn't a fairy tail. lmao it's so cliche
Acute radiation poisoning
@@kiratwo4uI’m pretty sure he actually did tell his wife he loved her as his last words
I don't blame all the medical staff if they ever got any heavy post trauma from this experience, this story is absolutely horrifying and I can't even imagine how would it be to live this as a nurse/doctor
@missing no The worst part is that was created a rumor about then keeping him alive just for experiments. It must be even harder for then to surpass this tragedy when people calls then monsters because of false rumor, they seen to tried their best with best intentions... The memories must be devastating.
@@gabrielad8597 The part you said about experiments is not true. They tried the experimental treatment on him, to try and save his life... But they never conducted experiments on him. There is a big line between the two. Because the experimental treatment was intended to save his life. meanwhile conducting an experiment on him would mean they did not give two fucks about his life...
@@mhmhm5337 that's what they said. they said they probably felt bad BECAUSE of the false narrative of conducting experiments.
@@thegoods7011 I read an article debunking the claim.
They have all of the medical records. And there is literally not a time period in all of the medical records where they could have fit in a secret experiment. The only time they could have done so would have been with his dead body.
Yea medical staff have to have the mindset of a steel beam. They really should be given more time off to take care of themselves mentally. I've heard the stories of medical staff during the heavy covid season. It's something people don't talk about and didn't even know about precovid. It's about time everyone knows what they go through.
The fact that near the end of his life he was basically turning into a living corpse is just awful that must have been horrifying to literally have your body crumble away right in front of you, in some sources it says that even MOLD began to grow on Ouchi’s body.
I hope his family is Able to move on from this traumatic event, may Ouchi Rest In Peace.
to be fair mold will grow on anybody, so long as you do not wash yourself. its common in morbidly obese people
@@tabora_ wow....
@@jaytakajeremiahtisdale2042 yeah its gross and is unfortunately a big reason why morbidly obese people smell bad. the mildew smell is mold bc they can't reach those areas 🤢
@@tabora_ well it’s certainly unpleasant but it’s just a natural thing, mold can grow on anything.
It makes you realize all the things your body is doing to keep itself healthy, even if you're entirely unaware of all the smaller processes that are going on.
It's the company that purposefully used illegal and unsafe methods that angers me. The way he talked about going home the same day shows he wasn't even properly educated on how dangerous his job was, even though the company knew. Poor man
They didn't have a clue about the job. Using uneducated people to do their dirty work.
Most of the time, in situations like this, it's the companies faulty procedures that causes these terrible accidents. Incompetent workers and the people that make the rules and procedures are mainly the reason to blame on. That's why you recruit experienced workers.
@@drownindesigner No, this is why you pass corporate manslaughter laws.
@@drownindesigner the thing is they knew they were inexperience
No coincidence they showed the nasa challenger incident in the beginning. Human error is human error but when you know the right thing to do and don’t do it, stuff like this can happen 💔
The fact that this plant's illegal practices caused this much pain and suffering, and ultimately led to the loss of a man's life.. Unforgivable. Another victim of corporate greed.
Rest in peace, Mr. Ouchi.
The loss of 2 lives actually, there were two other people involved, and only one out them including hisashi ouchi survived
Wanna bet the manager that pushed them around and indirectly cause this mess, possibly got a promotion and is now watching some BS on Japanese tv?
@@hr1100 Oh, I have no doubt that whoever was directly responsible for this atrocious incident, has led a perfectly quiet and unpunished life.
It seems like nobody ever talks about Shinohara. While his exposure wasn't as bad as Ouchi's he still suffered a great deal and succumbed to the radiation in the same hospital as Ouchi.
That's because his medical records remained sealed. There's little info regarding him. Ouchis wife unsealed his records in the hope they might help people understand radiation and develop treatments for it in future so generally speaking there's far more information available
I want to know what happened to the guy who was at the desk sir.
@@SuperPeterok He was hospitalized for 3 months following the accident for radiation sickness but ultimately survived. He was later arrested for failing to supervise proper handling of the radioactive material.
@@jimmehsaint WOAH
@@jimmehsaint I guess he has/had high chances to get cancer sooner or later?
It gets to a point where keeping someone alive is more selfish than selfless.
They just made him suffer
@@poopy_head9745 I agree fully. There was no saving him. If it were me I'd ask to be euthanized.
@Koshi Kun Would you like to die after suffering, getting medicines and blood transfusions, seeing your doctor come into your room without a single good news and staying in a hospital everyday? Or would you like to die camly, after saying your goodbyes and not making anyone get their hopes up and suffer more?
That's why in this case, keeping him alive was selfish and just living in hell for him
@Koshi Kun ya, at some point, but they didn't stop when the cells transplant didn't work and the guy started bleeding his life out of his intestines OR when the guy himslef asked them to stop because it was too painful, its the family fault too but i can understand not wanting to let go
But if u find later that there was even .001% of chance of their survival you would curse the doctors... Despite giving their best efforts they could.
I can only imagine the pain of him just having to rot away while being alive and bleeding every second.
Its a very painful death.
Narcotics cant even help him. The pain is from his ENTIRE body, and the injections flushed out from his body immediately anyway
Can you imagine it? I sure can't. This is the most horrific death I can imagine.
It’s like they was torturing him😣
I could imagine that happening to me too..... so scary and horrifying 💔
The other guy, Shinohara, who also received a deadly dose of radiation fought against death for seven months (!!) at a hospital until he died of multiple organ failure caused by infections and internal bleeding. Ouchi always gets all the attention, but Shinohara deserves some, too.
Ouchi gets more attention since, unlike shinohara, he basically turned into human jelly
Only Yutaka Yokakawa (The other guy sitting in the room next to Shinohara and Ouchi) was the only one that survived
Was looking for a comment about him. I cant even process this info properly, seems like out of this world.
I think they call this the walking dead syndrome. Once you get hit by enough radiation, you're gone despite feeling fine.
Incidentally there is an actual psychological disorder called cotards syndrome (or delusion) where the sufferer believe themselves already dead and in the afterlife and all the people around them Simply don't know they are dead
@@PeakedInterest I suppose in some way they aren’t wrong
I would've shot myself in the head ASAP after I say my goodbyes.
I misspoke. It's called The walking ghost phase of radiation poisoning.
@@89qwyg9yqa34t could you say that again. I didnt hear you right:)
I was actually under the impression that he was being kept alive against his will by the doctors so that they could experiment different treatments on him! Thank you for making this video and explaining the much sadder truth of what happened to Hisashi Ouchi. Assisted suicide is an incredibly painful thing to consider, especially when his family had absolutely no reason to believe that Ouchi could be in a situation where that would need to be considered, prior to the accident.
Thanks for the compliment.
I think there is a real conversation to be had about assisted suicide which sadly too many religious people will flat out not consider. Nerd writer did a great video on the topic
@@PeakedInterest i might sound like a crazy person but their experiments helped them know how to treat these things better. It's inhumane but it's 4 the advances of medicine
@@siphobrisloks8133 still unethical. The end does not justify the means.
Likely true as this was a very rare opportunity to have a human being tested with these experiments. They grabbed the chance very quickly.. the findings would help their careers. They just wanted articles to be published. Scientists and doctors as well CEOs are the jobs psychopaths and narcissists are likely to choose. FS the owners/ managers of that nuclear plants are greedy and psycho too. I worked in a manufacturing plant before and the manager rushed everything resulting to a person being horribly burned. His skin was melting like a wax figure as the witnesses described.
@@whitepouch0904 yup ikr
It’s both fascinating and horrific to think you can live that long even with your dna destroyed
People keep saying to me that the covid vaccine changes your DNA but that doesn't make sense to me. Radiation at this high of a level does.
@@KayKay114 good thinking. Any biologist who understands the central dogma would know that the COVID vaccine being an mRNA vaccine only takes advantage of the translational machinery of the cell, hence taking place exclusively in the cytoplasm. mRNA does not enter the nucleus where your DNA is located so there would be no possibility of "gene therapy" or any interaction with your DNA
I remember my first roadtrip through Alabama
@@loganspurlin 😂😂😂
He can live that long because the doctor constantly giving him meds and blood transfusions, and also keep resuscitating him when his heart fails. If there was no doctor around he's already dead a few months before...
Thanks for telling the true story of how the doctors and staff did everything in their power to save his life and to show compassion for him and his family. His family while unintentionally extending his unspeakable misery, cared for him so deeply to be at his side every day and wishing with all their power that he could be saved. He was very much loved and had the best doctors who tried their hardest for him.
There aren't many things in this world that genuinely scare the fuck out of me. But this guys story is definitely one of those things. Every time I hear Hisashis story I get goosebumps and feel sick. It's such a horrible way to go. Great video.
Thanks man
I am never ever gonna work near nuclear stuff. The risk is far too great to me. I still think nuclear power is great and safe as long as proper procedures are followed. But that type of death terrifies me.
@@michaelostergren3516 you probably already live next to a nuclear facility without knowing
@@SirConfectionery probably but I live in northern California up in the mountains. The town I live in, Greenville only has a population of like 1,500. If there was any nuclear facilities nearby I certainly don't know about them. Although we do have a few dams up here.
If thsi facinates and scares u mate read and watch about chernobyl
The same thing happened to many other men
Everyone's talking about how cruel the medical staff were to keep him alive for so long, but no-one is talking about how cruel management were to put him in the situation where this happened in the first place. All I can say is I hope they went to prison.
Yeah. People would also get mad if they just let him die too though
I'd rather be put in a situation where I could die than be tortured for almost 3 months lmao
they did! a total of 6 people were arrested including their manager.
i hope they went to hell
The medical staff did what they had to. It was their job to do everything humanly possible to save him as was the wish of his family. They tried to explain what was happening and the suffering they were putting the man through so those who could call it off would, but it wasn't their call to stop treatment.
When my grandfather was getting severely sick, the whole family agreed to let him go away peacefully rather than prolonging the pain to satisfy the family’s will to save him. Sometimes letting go is actually the last helpful thing you can do for someone. It was selfish for the family to hold on so tight, although I can understand why.
I agree, I think the world should start considering the right to die as a fundamental right
I don't think it's fair to label them selfish, they were In a state of grief which caused them to cling to whatever faint hopes there were. Grief affects everyone differently and I wouldn't like to judge them for making bad decisions while in a state of grief
@T.J. Anthony its not fair to say the family is selfish, its rational to try and save a loved one.
It's because he was a healthy 35 year old with a family, the idea that this invisible force mutilated him and he was already dead the second he was admitted was just very abstract to them especially in the early days where he didn't seem to be terminal to them. I think the doctors should have allowed for him to pass away but it's not their call to do so.
Let's say the sisters DNA allowed him to recover, today everyone would be saying these doctors are brilliant and they figured out how to save terminally ill radioactive poison victims. Sadly it didn't happen but I don't think they were doing this stuff on purpose.
I think because it happened suddenly, the family was in denial for quite some time. Probably every time the doctors wanted to try another procedure it just gave them more false hope to cling to. They went from normal life to their husband/father being in this horrific situation overnight. The family wasn't being selfish, they were dealing with shock. They also weren't telling the doctors what to do, they were likely just agreeing with the procedures that the doctor wanted to try, so there's no blame on the family...they were suffering too.
The struggle of this man was unbelievable. 83 days of losing your body piece by piece. Letting people go should be the first priority.
I am so sorry for him and cant imagine the agony he suffered for so many days. I’m certain the medical staff were deeply traumatized also, despite how professionally they treated him. My deepest sympathies to his family.
thank you for your kind words
@Kiki Blonde do you even know how hard it would be for his family to let him die? Do you really need someone to blame that badly?
@@VagueNaming He was literally rotting from the inside out and in severe, nonstop agony. At some point you need to stop and consider if keeping someone alive for your OWN feelings is fair to them or not.
In this case, it was unspeakably cruel to keep him alive. At least in death, his pain would finally stop and he'd be able to rest.
@Kiki Blonde what??
They could have just stopped reanimating him at one point, they prolonged his suffering unnecessary. It was unethical at a certain point.
Finally, a non-Japanese person who pronounces his name right! I can’t imagine how horrifying this was. Even one of his nurses got emotional talking about him.
Thank you. As a bi lingual myself I always feel it's important to respect other languages pronunciation
@@PeakedInterest note: japanese i pronounced like ee (the vowel sound in see for example). so for shinoharas name its shee-no-hah-rah, not shih-no-hah-rah
@Forest of Secrets you're absolutely right and I'll be annoyed about that forever now.
@@PeakedInterest Absolutely!
im purposefuly not gonna say french words right because no
Thank you SO MUCH for not demonizing his hospital staff! They had an unimaginable crisis on their hands and did so much, tried so hard, cared so sincerely about him, I hate when people act as if they were one-dimensinal ghouls or something. This was excellent, mad respect.
Thank you. If I'd found in my research that were bad people who did experiment on him I would've conveyed that but in research I saw zero evidence of it (which is what I expected) the people demonizing him are just lazy and don't want to look at the evidence. I appreciate the kind words
Exactly. Doctors are supposed to aave people not kill them. People saying the doctors and surgeons should have just put him out of his misery are ignorant individuals and always seeking an easy way out.
@@AnAdorableWombat People should have the right to choose whether to avoid unbeareable sufferings due to a terminal condition. This is not a critic to the doctors but to the legal system. In my country (Italy) we are going to have a referendum on euthanasia, and I am really hoping we get this civil right.
@@elipulci5761 Agreed!
On the outside it seemed this way, but it took major effort and legal persuasion to finally invoke the mans natural right to end his own severe suffering through his own will to be self terminated.
He had to have legal support and to force the doctors stop trying to maintain his life and to try and cure him while knowing very well his chromosomes had been destroyed and any effort to maintain his life was impossible and inhumane due to the fact that he was already biological dead and suffering a incredible degree of physical and mental agony unlike any thing we could understand.
So willingly committing him to such a prolonged and gruesome fate is completely boorish and a punishment which could only be fuelled by a heartless primitive curiosity which superseded any and all compassion or regard for human life or sense of pity or care for the insurmountable suffering of this man.
Anyone who has not already deemed the person dead and unreceptive to any awareness of their experience and continues such treatment is a monster and even if they did deem the person unaffected and already dead it’s still a atrocity which no man should be capable of and which no living entity should be subjected to.
This was a testament to the depths of cruelty man is capable of, this effort was done for medical research and was not done for the benefit of the mans life but to feed the curiosity of those who think they are Godlike and have the right to use humans for their own device’s.
This poor guy endured so much pain. 83 days worth of immense, indelible pain. If he’s looking down on us right now; he would know how greatly he is missed, and how much he was loved. Tokyo moved medical mountains to try to save his life. What a precious man, what a precious medical team whom tried everything they could & more.
The truth is, this unfortunate man was technically dead the moment that radiation struck him. The second his white blood cells were eviscerated and his chromosomes and DNA were destroyed, there was no feasible blueprint for life. Now looking back, we can see that the humane option would've been to let him go before even more agony took hold. But the family's misunderstanding to the severity of the situation is understandable, as it drove most of their decisions made to continue trying to save someone who was already gone. It's just so unbelievably tragic and hopefully nobody walking this earth will ever have to face such a nightmarish situation like this again.
As science progresses, so too does the possibilities. Whether or not the Futurama notion of head in a jar is one we would want to see does not preclude the fact that saving a brain as a copy or stand alone entity is almost guaranteed to be a research subject out there in the world. Were it available, it sounds like Ouchi could've been a viable candidate for such technology.
The ethical implications of what such technology enables is one of a different matter for other discussions.
In NYC there was this procedure whenever anyone fell into the tracks. Sometimes people survived and these were the worst scenarios. There was the case of this man who got stuck behind the train wheels and the tracks, completely smashed but surprisingly still alive but conscious. The train maintained the upper part of his torso still working, heart, lungs, etc so the guy could breath normally and even talk. The sad part is that he was dead man walking. As soon as the train is removed he will collapse and die. So the procedure was to bring some guy to talk with the guy and let him say his final words before removing the train.
Its a really hard thing to watch.
@@ChronoSquare I think in this case science was involved. He was an unique scenario for investigation. How long he could live. Could we experiment with cells? Transplants? Etc. Ouchi was literally crucified for the sake of mankind.
He still fit the criteria for a living thing mate, sorry but your comment is stupid.
Administering a fatal dose of phenol-barbital would have been an act of mercy.
Those hospital worker interviews... they look so haunted. Seeing the photos is bad enough, I can't imagine dealing with that every day, knowing he's in constant pain and going to die. What a nightmare for everyone involved, and probably the worst way to die that I can think of. 83 days his body kept him going. I'm shocked he lasted 2 months before his first heart attack. The human body is a stubborn, terrible, amazing thing.
I don’t understand human body sometimes also
An article showed one of the images without prior warning in the middle of the article and I got scarred by it. It look SO bad and I didn't have the courage to look at it closely. I saw it for a sec and scrolled away quickly. I can't imagine how painful it was for him.
@@Hyvexx If it's a red burned body, it's probably the image that blurred at 20:43 - totally another man, complete lie from article authors.
the red burned man is from another case, afaik that man survived
@@heeholee216 what's the mans name
God I would have killed myself hearing the fact that my chromosomes are spaghetti. That’s the worst thing I could imagine.
Yeah, suicide is generally considered irrational but I definitely think it’s justified in some cases. Alzheimer’s, incurable and painful diseases, sometimes one must give up and see it’s simply better to end ones suffering
“My chromosomes are spaghetti” is now the only reasonable explanation for suicide
Seriously. When the alternative is a painful horrendous expiration. Suicide is a more than rational course of action.
Technically, chromosomes are wound up dna. It’s being held together by itty bitty hydrogen bonds. Hydrogen bonds are actually quite weak compared to other types of bonds. So it makes sense that they’d be the first to go. But that unravelling would cause space issues in the cell (for obvious reasons), so I cannot imagine the pain of every cell literally swelling, bursting, exploding. Coupled with the inability to have that dna fixed, or copied in an effort to heal, his body was literally EXPLODING. That is a pain I don’t even know how to fathom. May he finally find peace.
@@cassie6418 chromosome contain your DNA
If your chromosomes are destroyed. Then your body cannot do anything.
Remember that saying “every 7 years your body is entirely replaced with new cells?”
Well if your body can’t replace cells, and uH they die often. You’re going to decompose. Just like what happened.
The saddest part is how early on the doctors tried to convince the family that it was best for him to die, but the families understandable desperation and denial of his situation ended up causing him even more unimaginable suffering
No? When the doctors finally broke the news that they thought it would be best to let him go after his heart stopped for the final time, the family completely understood.
Everyone had hope he’d survive, but after the heart failed and after the 80th day they all agreed if the heart stopped again they wouldn’t try to resuscitate him and he would perish.
That never happened,for context the last words he spoke were I love you to his wife
Do you get some weird satisfaction from making stuff up to add to the story? He gave his consent to be intubated and agreed to keep fighting after meeting his wife for the last time.
Remember, his case was extremely unique. Would you prefer a doctor to say, "well, there's not much of a chance, so just take him home and let him die."
The nurse and doctor had such a tormented look in their eyes. They literally saw the darkest side of the oath they took. I'm sure they were the ones feeling forced to keep Ouchi alive. What must have been going through that doctors mind the night before it became too much and he made the family sign a DNR? What mix of emotions was in the room when Ouchi's heart restarted...
the moral of the story is do not get yourself irradiated as you will die if you do
Exactly. These doctors did everything according to their oath and ethics. The look in their eyes was one of helplessness.
@@KSun-yq1yp don't worry those that didn't get vaccinated are now getting fired so they are being released from their burdens yay woot hoot
The 2nd worker Yutaka Yokokawa suffered for 7 months! He seemed to be getting better, but then suffered multiple organ failure. Not good.
His family made him suffer, in return, the world attacked the doctors
"When you're exposed to radiation like this, is there a risk of contracting leukemia or something..."
Leukemia is like a common cold compared to what he went through...
It is true what he went through was far far worse than leukemia, leukemia is actually blood cancer
Just wanna point out :>
@@padpachan we know it's a blood cancer. He is stating leukemia was minor than what he went through...
@@padpachan i always thought it was bone cancer
@@dennywang918It's cancer of blood-forming tissue, so you're pretty much on the money.
@@Elmore207 to be precise, bone marrow cancer, and bone marrow is the blood forming tissue indeed. The reason leukemia is seen different from other cancer types is because it doesn't form a removable tumor as well as severely affecting blood production as it spreads. Not to mention, once it has advanced, metastasis from leukemia is faster and tends to start sooner.
Agree what Ouchi went through is far far worse. it's worse than if somehow leukemia had started all throughout his body and making metastasis.
And the company will move on, hire another staff to take his job. Love yourself more than your company, job lost is better than life lost
yes
well said Eric
No one forced him against his will to cut corners. Yes, he would have been fired and unemployment perhaps for a very long time and maybe never won a court case but he would have his life. And just like the do not resuscitate, where after they evaluated the situation they changed their mind and signed, each job is a different situation that should be evaluated differently. It's possible to care about the company you work for while also drawing the line.
Yes, landscaping my boss wanted me to not listen to my mom so the next day I quit. The bible said something like this honor your father and mother and live longer.
@@WilliamHollinger2019 can you fix your grammar and repost???
I can't, this is horrible and so heartbreaking, I can't imagine how much pain he has been feeling for 83 days... rest in peace, Mr. Ouchi.
Heres an innocent man took from us by greedy rich companies,
This isn't the doctors fault, They really done everything that was possible.
Hope he is resting easy and still continuing his passion in another place.
🙏
Greedy rich companies, yet we're living from their energy.
Whos to blame? I dont know, but we aren't all so innocent.
I’m pretty sure he was taken from us by a radiation blast
Ya you are right, a doctor is legally obligated to do anything they can to keep someone alive, unless told not to.
1st companys fault, 2nd families fault to not let him go and force the medical stuff to do what they not want.
@@user-yo7br5wb2z mate coal fire plants are the safest burning plants on earth we can remove almost 100% of the carbon it emits into the atmosphere nuclear plants are just a way to keep the third world poor because they haven’t got the money, tech or workforce to manage a nuclear power plant.
Can you imagine the scale of the mental torture this guy endured as well as the physical torture? Being in agonising pain for so long with no pain relief whatsoever must be indescribable. That poor guy. My heart is aching after seeing this.
This does not mean that the pain was not relieved. Fentanyl, a synthetic narcotic that is 100 times more effective than morphine hydrochloride, was used. The medical staff was desperate to reduce his pain.
My mother died from cancer. It was to a point I just prayed that God would take her on. Even if you believe in that or not, I was willing to let her go, so she wouldn’t suffer. Someone asked me, “Would you want your Mom back for an hour?” I replied, “If she was in the state she was in before she died, no. I wouldn’t put my worst enemy through that.”
@The Fiend You okay dude?
@@lovegold3225 Seems hes the quiet kid
Note: He wasn't experimented by scientists. It's a common myth that is debunked in many books. He was kept alive by the wishes of his family in accordance with the japanese spirit of never giving up. It was a common cultural spirit and no matter who under what scenario is suffering, it's one of the reasons the japanese never give up. Infact Ouchi died on day 83 only cause after much persuasion his family finally agreed to sign on the 'Do Not resuscitate' sign.
But again in such cases i think it's time to discuss the importance of mercy killing.
He did clarify that in the video. It really sucks though that there are probably still people out there demonising the doctor/nurses to this day for no reason.
Mr. Ouchi was 35 years old, and he had a son in the 3rd grade. After they had intubated him and gave him numerous fluids, along with wrapping his skin, his wife said that he didn't even look like her husband anymore, just a machine. After they changed Ouchi's dressings, the family would say "Thank you for making him look so clean."
"My husband always said that his job wasn't dangerous, but I don't think he fully understood the risks of his job. Today, I consider my husband to have been killed by his company."
@@卵-n6e The company sacrificed the safety of their workers just so they can produce their products faster, it is clearly the company's fault and they deserve to be punished by making people die like this
@@Joe_Mama.also_YTHandlessuckass facts
@@Joe_Mama.also_YTHandlessuckass it's far, far uglier. The company had strict instructions on mixing and processing uranium compounds, instructions literally enforced by law. They allowed the crews to use unauthorized procedures and equipment, provided inadequate training and essentially no leadership or supervision.
Worse, they did it twice, both times to lethal effect. While it's claimed there was no loss of life from the 1997 incident, you don't inhale cesium-137 in quantity with no ill effects.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tokaimura_nuclear_accident#1997_accident
@@spvillano Wikipedia is not a true site people can hack it and make false info
Bro was a warrior, survived almost 3 months while taking a nuclear hit more than 3 times the lethal level.
I don't think rotten alive is counted as survival
I'd rather die in that chamber
With out modern medicine and the family asking for him to be keeped alive he would have died much earlier then that. We are at a point in science where we can keep the body alive even when the mind is gone for quite some time. Here we saw they can keep the body alive even when the body should be dead but we cannot cure them. Bro was a torture victim for 3 months due to his family not wanting to let him die. Although assisted suicide is not legal in many places still, most doctors and nurses will administer a dose of painkiller that will kill the patient at the families request. That's how my grandfather left and that's how this man should have left too. A final sleep.
There is more shame in forcing a dead man to stay alive then in killing him out of mercy.
@@christopherjaya342 he was still talking and his body was performing the necessary functions, so he was surviving, but not for too long
@@peter4210 his death was not in vain though, the knowledge about what radiations will actually do to us is both GREAT and TERRIBLE
Best we can do is honor him in some way
Imagine being a dead man walking... The thing that killed you has passed and you are still standing and breathing, but still knowing there is no hope for you anymore. This is beyond human comprehension.
And I imagine it was difficult for the family to come to terms with the fact their loved one wasn't going to come home, that he would be doomed to die no matter what they tried, at least they finally let him die, and the doctors having to go to work to see that every morning. This was just a tragedy.
@@gsesquire3441 I’m in delusion about how meaningless these io games are….
And that it’s ok to be ignorant
Or so I think
Thank you for making this video. I find it genuinely infuriating to see people talk about the treating team as if they were monsters when they were human beings trying to help another. I was one of those people until I watched the Japanese documentary about him. It's not often that I find something difficult to watch, but seeing just how deeply haunted they all seem to be while discussing it was just so upsetting. The interviews with two nurses in particular are so visceral, who Google translate says names are Maki Hanaguchi (the woman with the glasses) and Mika Hosokawa (the woman with the high buttoned collar)...it's so obvious how painful it is for them to even talk about that I wonder if they themselves will ever fully recover from the experience.
Completely agree
They are monsters.
A man is suffering in intense pain yet they have the audacity to keep him alive in terrible pain.
Imagine changing side so fast, even you have changed to the right side, this just shows how easily manipulated you are, disgusting.
@@Whocares158 we can tell you are 14 or at least have a mentality of 14 judging from your reply, don’t try to act, disgusting.
@@hy2707 It's not a matter of being easily manipulated, it's that the misinformation about Ouchi is extremely widespread. When you don't know the details, it's easy to wonder how the treating team could have possibly kept him alive despite what was happening to his body and be horrified by it. I recommend you bother to be empathetic and not consider anyone who changes their opinion when they educate themselves "disgusting".
He did what he was told to.
It was not his mistake.
It was company mistake who told him to do that.
He was victim of greedy and corrupt Managers.
No. It was his.
@@cjr1881 How was it his mistake?! It was an extremely radioactive operation and it was the first time he was doing it.
@@Lugemaster1202 In doing it. If you are not trained in doing a dangerous task, you don't do it. It's that simple. He engangered himself in doing it quick with the increased uranium dosage. That doesnt excuse the management on changing the procedure and demanding it to be done faster. They all willingly increased the risk and are punished rightfully so.
@@maduk_ Considering he asked doctors about whether he would get leukemia from a face first radiation dose, he didn't even know of the dangers. His greatest mistake was blindly obeying company orders, that's what killed him.
@@maduk_ it is very clear that he was asked to do like that coz any educated technician would know the dangers of doing it by hand and increasing the concentration.
And since he did it he literally did not know what he was heading towards.
I understand the pain of losing a loved one. My father. He battled stage four lung cancer for 8 months. He decided he wanted to go into hospice on a monday, he passed that saturday. as much as it sucked to lose him so soon, i am thankful he isn’t suffering anymore...
Sorry for you Loss
I can’t imagine myself or anyone else being in this poor man’s shoes. What happened to him was a living nightmare
I actually learned a lot from this video. I had always read that he was kept alive against his will and that they basically kept him alive for the sake of experimentation. Somehow, knowing that he actually wanted to live and just didn't understand he probably wouldn't until it was too late and everything started shutting down makes it more heartbreaking.
If you research more about this case, it was his family who insisted with the treatment against doctors advise. Thats why the head doctor made the family see him everyday so they understand and let him go. Infact his wife wanted him to be alive to live until January 1 2000 so he experiences the new century... Im not kidding.
@@arigatosev3n880 She said that AFTER agreeing to let him die, why are you trying to paint her and the family as evil and inhumane? And for context she says that during 20th December and most likely just asking her husband to hold on for a bit longer. His family were also being told that the treatment produces positive effects and the doctors themself was very optimistic that he could recover, the fact of the matter is that most of the treatment were experimental and noone could predicted what would happen but at some time it seems like it was going well.
@@arigatosev3n880the family isn’t evil, neither are the doctors. The doctors had some hope, then lost it and the family were hopeful throughout. Hisashi’s final words were telling his wife he loved her and how much he wanted to live for her, and she hoped that his wish would happen. The real people to blame for Ouchi’s Suffering are the JCO Supervisors who INTENTIONALLY broke the safety protocols to meet a deadline on a fuel rod.
13:48 Ouchi's words "I can't stand it!" Says it all.. he should have given the final goodbye.. we as normal human beings won't ever be able to fathom even the thought of such excruciating pain..
11:11 This is so sad, even in English, but in Japanese, the nurse said he told his wife "aishiteiru yo." This does mean "I love you" but in Japanese, saying it that way is so serious and intimate you don't even say it to your parents. There's every likelihood he had never said "I love you" to her in that way until he was on his deathbed.
It was difficult translating these parts of the video because Japanese to English often loses context and strength so I tried to carefully choose phrases which had the same significance in English
TIL Japan's a way better language than English. I'm sorry this is irrelevant to the video, but you're cool, Kris.
@@admiralofcuteness *Japanese
So what would be the English equivalent?
@Tay Driver the English equivalent is I love you but the phrase carries a different weight and context in Japanese
Imagine the mental trauma the doctors had after caring for this guy, I bet some of them probably ended up having PTSD
if someone like me can't sleep after just watching this then yeah. i bet they had it a lot worse 💔
Yep, that's just one! Imagine if Russia/US/China started shooting nukes!
@@malaysabolehpsy wait why does that matter?
@@malaysabolehpsy not the nuke thing itself, that’d be fucked, but i mean what’s it have to do with this?
@@faultf4 I wonder why
As an aside- your dad sounds like a wonderful man. How nurturing, encouraging, gentle & supporting his advice was. He raised a very empathic man.
11:38 He didn’t even say “I like you”, he said “I love you” to his wife. Translated, that’s a very serious declaration. A lot of Japanese couples go decades without saying/hearing it. He knew he needed to make his final words matter to his wife.
I lived in japan for four years. I never heard anyone say "aishiteru yo". Not once. It just isnt said in japan.
he really loved her. sad as hell, he could’ve lived the rest of his life with a wife that he truly loved, but the greedy company he worked for ended his life much much sooner than it should’ve.
I'm crying in the bathtub
So the Japanese never say they love each other.. to get a hot Japanese chick just tell her you love her lmao. jk that's dark. but valid?
@Erika Spannerman It is time for the third impact.
Imagine how scary that would be.
“Sir your DNA test came back negative”
“Oh good what did you test for?”
“We tested for DNA and you have none”
I don’t know how I would even react
I would look at a invisible camera then say “ bruh moment “
impostor moment
That be listening to the song Radioactive
“haha, i’m in danger 😀”
Amogus moment
Imagine your body decomposing while you are alive, and your skin peeling off day by day. Gosh that sounds terrifying this man was so strong.
Guess you could call him a living corpse
@@dezmondtmb7560 i mean isn’t that what all braindead ppl basically are?
The way of explaining the incidents made us relive what they have gone through.... RIP ....
A doctors job is to do no harm. They clearly tried to help at all costs even if it all hope was gone. Radiation is a horrifying beast.
They forced him to stay alive so they could study the effects
garcello is ouchi there with u?
Ouchi pleaded and begged for them to CEASE resuscitation and let him die and STOP TREATING HIM LIKE A GUINEA PIG. His words are in the nurses notes. These doctors were running experiments and causing AGONY when they KNEW he was going to die so yeah they did PLENTY OF HARM. They TORTURED
@@ellieb.4468 did you actually watch the video?
keeping him alive IS the harm.
I feel badly for the medical team. Without the patient's understanding or the family's consent, the best they could do was keep trying. And they did. They moved Heaven and Earth, tried therapies literally NO ONE had ever attempted before. God, they tried. There is glory independent of success.
What a lot of people don't understand is that from the perspective of radiation treatment, his suffering was almost literally invaluable in terms of the data it provided. Due to the overwhelming severity of his condition, any treatment that resulted in any improvement at all in *him* would likely be life-saving in someone with a lesser case. Because of him countless mothers & fathers, brothers & sisters, spouses & friends, and people of all sorts will live.
After I heard that the radiation had completely mutated his chromosomes my jaw dropped. That is insane. Poor man, all he wanted was a job to pay for his necessities and received this in return. Wow.
The more I watch, the more I get frustrated at everyone involved. He wouldn't to go, he wanted it to stop. And they continued to allow his own body to torture him. They should've just let him rest in peace.
His jaws literally dropped
@@Average_YearOld without the family agreeing to a DNR until it was far too late, the medical staff had no choice
@@Average_YearOld In Japan, medical personnel are not allowed to euthanize a patient at their discretion.
There is currently no other option but to turn off life support and stop resuscitation when the patient is certain to die and with the consent of the family.
thank you for spreading awareness on his case and sharing the facts, debunking the myths.
Thank you for taking the time to watch
Hisashi's death wasn't in vain. The knowledge collected from studying the effects of ARS have revolutionized medical practices for treating Radtioation and 100s of lives have been spared such torment by inplamenting safer practices in the nuclear industry and medical field. May he rest in peace.
By the way, some people saw this video as nothing but an excuse to make jokes about him
Sort by new, YOU WILL FIND THEM
so you mean he was a good laboraty rat? Menguele would be pround of you
@@demerjr8097 he’s saying that the circumstances Ouchi was put through due to the lack of a DNR has a little shimmering side in a very dark story. Ouchi was a catalyst for science in the end, he ended up saving many lives
Comparing the doctors and scientists to Dr Mengele of the Nazis who did experiments out of sheer malice is ignorant and horrible. These modern doctors and scientists took an oath to preserve life at any cost should a DNR not be agreed upon by the patient or the power of attorney/ family. Hell, the doctors even knew that Ouchi wasn’t gonna make it, hence why the main doctor wanted the family to see his deterioration to let the reality of the situation set in.
In conclusion, it’s messed up to say what they did was comparable to Dr Mengele in anyway. Even if it wasn’t the intention, a malicious nazi doctor and a team of modern doctors who were following the wishes of the mans family should not warrant the crazed and horrible nazi being mentioned in the same statement and thus making a connection. There is a difference between malice and patient care
@@demerjr8097 you really tryna twist his words? You know he didn't mean it that way, stop causing misunderstandings.
He was tortured. He didn’t deserve to experience it, even if it helped the world.
the company is wholly responsible for the victim's uncessary death. hard to believe the most lethal radioactive materials were handled in such a casual & clumsy way
Welcome to the 1999s, you know its dangerous, but also have to recognize, rules are generally made AFTER the mistake has happened. Meaning there has been no strict, who can work with this laws. Until afterwards.
I just hope that the family sued the pants off his company and got a huge pay out. Obviously the money will never replace the loss but yeah I hope they got something out of that
I don’t believe they did, in fact I think the family was actively helping the doctors in keeping the man alive. His sister, for example, was donating skin cells for skin grafts. But the family did disclose his medical records in an attempt to inform the public about the dangers of radiation
@@lavenderhuman hes not talking about the doctors he talking about the uranium company
@@lavenderhuman Not the doctors. The company he worked for where he had the accident.
@@Silverdev2482 ah ok
Your beautiful telling of this young man's story just got you a subscriber. This is the best video on this that I have ever seen.
This poor man, he went to work and did what he was told and suffered horrendous consequences. I feel so much for him and his family. He shouldn't have gone like that...all for a job.
and yet we glorify people who do their jobs despite all odds.
@@serotonin.scavenger are you unemployed?
@@enochianwolf on god he is
@@serotonin.scavenger Nothing but facts
Countless people die every day on the job due improper safety protocols or protocols that are not being implemented. While his case is sad and definitely unique in few aspects like how long it took for him to die, in the end his story is like other sad stories of people getting killed while on duty.
it actually is incredibly sad how his family wanted him to stay alive despite him being in so much pain. i know its hard to accept the declining state of a loved one, but theres a point where they need to let him pass.
I agree with you, there's a limit
Why was it up to his family, not him???
I dont agree. Sometimes you have to do whats right. Someone could have offed him for pitys sake. He was gonna die any way!
@@jennyrose9454 probably because he was in an stage where is not considered mind clear or sane.
It’s mind boggling like I understand needing time but 83 days why I really feel for them but this is too much. I wonder what they feel about it now.
This is a perfect example of management putting stress on workers to work faster to make the schedule, it's the managements fault also for hiring workers that did not know the dangers or the consequences of their work, the management didn't suffer, the workers did. Let this be a lesson, don't rush and take risks to make the schedule, follow the procedures that are approved only, if they push, refuse, if they still push, stop, report it to safety and refuse to work, your life is more important than their temporary emergency to meet the schedule.
That is not how Japan management and workplace culture function. That's ideal, but not reality unfortunately.
@@mauia88 its a lesson worldwide. in every field you sometimes have poor management. even in jobs where it can be fatal if you are pushed to do things that could be too dangerous. and indeed its not how some countries work for sure.. but they should learn from this too.
Like the working faster option in fallout shelter, there’s a high chance of accidents.
Fucking disgusting
This remembers me of a story where the management had to repair an industrial oven and instead to let the oven cool down like it was instructed, they wanted to save money and just turned down the temperature. So they took two volunteers who worked there and they didn't know that the oven was still hot in the middle, so when these two men jumped down, they couldn't get immediately up, because the conveyor belt was still running and just had a small opening. These poor guys died. All just they wanted to save time and money.
It’s really crazy to think how this entire ordeal played out.
Like he’s basically already dead if his body cant create ANY cells. If anyone everwondered what death feels like, as if you can still feel your body as you decompose this man got the closest feel for it.
when they said that tape peeled skin off him... i just cannot imagine it like if my body was falling apart like that... holy shit this is surely unparalleled the most depressing and unlucky way to die.
It was like his body weaker than paper at that point, scary stuff
Not trying to put in my own experiences into what he likely felt, but due to my eczema and sensitive skin, nearly all bandaids will agitate my skin and remove the top layer if I leave them on for over a day or so. Once everything begins to scab up, the pain isn't that bad and I just end up using disinfectant to keep it clean instead of bandages. Despite this though, it can still be painful and I can't imagine how it must have felt for him to have his body just falling apart like that constantly for so long, unable to heal those wounds.
As someone who constantly picks & bites the skin around my finger nails, I know the pain of peeling the skin so bad you bleed. I can't imagine having that all over your body 🥴
Like that movie "House of Wax"
Watching Chernobyl on HBO was pretty heartbreaking because you’re seeing people with lethal amounts of radiation dying. It really puts a visual to what’s happening.
what happened to Hisashi was practically torture, i understand the pain of having to let a family member go when they are still right there but that poor man suffered for weeks :(
I think the problem is, he and his family didn't understand how severe his condition was. Mr. Ouchi even asking if he could contract leukemia etc. In Hindsight, we know that it was a hopeless struggle.
@@inrising6658 but the doctors knew
About 2 and a half months
@@inrising6658 I mean how rotten did his body have to get before they understood it was over? Jesus fucking christ he looks like a cadaver on that picture.
@@Rodrigo13Solario yeah,but it was stated that he didint have skin or eyelids and his gut basically was rotten,so I'm sure that's evidence enogh that he was fucked.
i now understand the phrase “there are fates worth than death”. I hope he’s resting now
Can you explain what does that phrase mean?
@@urfavchickenlegs8797 it basically means that in this case he was better off dying than the miracle of surviving in pain.
@@hollisfrost7672 the way he said it, no
Worse*
Edit your comment, man.
its "there are fates worse than death".
I can't begin to imagine how horrible it was for patient, the family, and the medical staff.
I truly want to thank you for bringing the factual story to Ouchi's incident to the internet. I have watched many videos about the Tokaimura criticality accident and finally got the book written by the NHK reporter who covered the story and interviewed the doctors and nurses. Thank you for not using false images and vilifying people who were doing their best and their legal obligations, despite the pain it caused everyone involved, to try to save this man's life. Everyone was so impacted by this event it has changed the ways nurses and doctors are trained in Japan to focus on what is best for the patient, not just what legally they should do.
Thanks for taking the time to watch and leave a comment
the book was a fascinating read. very sobering, but informative. glad to see someone else has read it!
@@mercury-king what is the title of the book?
That poor man. I can’t imagine the level of pain he was suffering. How horrible for his family. I know they wanted the best for him. I pray I never have to make a decision like they did.
and here i am who was crying like 4 weeks ago cuz a fans blade hit my arm
@@realestSuniaster Ngl thats painful.
@@realestSuniaster the fact that you still think about it proves it was painful LMAO
Thank you for being absolutely factual with this case. So many youtubers misrepresent the doctors and hospital staff in this case, and paint them in a very negative light. The doctors tried everything they had at their disposal to save Ouchi’s life, but his DNA was too damaged and his body was too irradiated to effectively stave off his death.
So true
The thing you are missing though isn't that people question whether the doctors and staff did enough or not. They did - they did TOO MUCH. There is such a thing.
People give them shit for making him suffer and not being able to determine that it was too late for recovery and for them to do the right thing and end his suffering..
@@aztaclalz They were forced by law at the time, to try to save him at all costs
@@tiagoviana263 Yes, I've read that the Japanese government tried at all cost to make sure they lived or the blood would be on their hands. As I recall the nuclear station being federal.
I've seen several different pieces of media regarding this case and I thank you for giving it the respect it deserves. The whole situation is heartbreaking, I just can't imagine what anyone involved had to go through. Just the thought of slowly dying as your body breaks down and decomposes around you is enough to cause nightmares. That poor man. That poor family. That poor medical staff.
I feel so bad about the fact that he himself didn't catch up to the idea that he couldn't leave the hospital and go back to his wife.
It's literally so heartbreaking how he was slowly decomposing and everybody holding on to an impossible idea of recovery. He was alive to all the pain, I can't stand this fact man.
I hope this man’s treatments did end up contributing something useful to medical science, and that his suffering was not completely pointless. RIP
it didn't
@@ericlynnwright123 oh
@@ericlynnwright123 damn bro...
At least I learned how long a human body can survive while being in such a damn hellish agonizing miserable state.
Well it did at least help more tbe understanding of STEM cells
The photo that people frequently mistake for Ouchi is extremely horrifying. Sure, it's not him, but whoever that is....goddamn I pity that person.
Which photo/s?
@@TertiaryQuota the one at the very end of the video
@@CypressDahlia Fun fact, the man in the picture you see is a burn survivor and is living/lived his life peacefully!
@@villain5674 dang. that's a stronger man than me
@Matsu that's really nice to hear. I did always wonder about that guy. Don't suppose you know his name then I can update the description?