Doctors discussed Otto Warmbier’s health condition after release from North Korea.
Doctors described Otto Warmbier, the American student recently released from North Korea, as being in a state of “unresponsive wakefulness” Thursday.
Medical officials at the University of Cincinnati held a press conference at the request of the Warmbier family to provide an update on their son’s condition. Doctors refused to discuss Warmbier’s prognosis and future treatment, citing client confidentiality.
Warmbier arrived in Ohio in a coma at 10 p.m. Tuesday, where he w as transported him to a neuroscience care unit. Doctors ran diagnostic tests and said Warmbier’s vital signs are stable and he showed no signs of internal infection or dysfunction.
However, doctors said Warmbier displayed “profound weakness of muscles in his legs, ” spontaneous eye opening and inconsistent responses to verbal commands.
