Mark is in good health and is fed only liquids. "Our expectation is that Mark's exit from the cave will be completed in 1 and a half days," he said.
Doctor Tulga Şener stated that Mark's health condition is improving and said, "Mark was given intravenous feeding at 1,400 meters. Then he was taken up to 680 meters. A blood test was performed at 680 meters and plasma was transferred at 500 meters. Mark's general health condition "He is very good, he is fed orally and intravenously throughout the camp," he said.
A group of 15 scientists, including foreign speleologists, descended into the Morca Cave, at a depth of 1,276 meters, on September 3 for exploration, and a team was dispatched to the region upon the notice that team member Mark Dickey had stomach bleeding. 196 personnel from 8 countries are participating in the rescue effort.
