Why did Hiroshima burn victims die after drinking water?

I've been reading up survivor accounts and there are several first hand accounts of giving a group of burn victims water and watching them drop dead immediately after drinking?



Is there a medical explanation for this? I've searched all day to no avail ? :confused::confused:





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And another

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As the sun came back out, she watched in horror at the slow procession of burn victims leaving the city's center. Some walked by with their arms held out like zombies, trying to cool their burns. Others crawled past her, clinging to her ankles asking for water. As a small child, she thought she was doing the right thing by giving them a drink, only to have the dehydrated victims say "thank you," then die in front of her - the result of a chemical reaction in bodies that had received massive doses of radiation. Because burning roof tiles littered the streets, many people had to walk on the dead bodies. They didn't have a choice, Ogura said. They could only apologize to the dead.

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