He said the discussions at the Russian meeting Wednesday are part of what's known as "scientific diplomacy." Joe Hodgkin, a hospital physician at Mass General and board member of the group Physicians for Social Responsibility, said there was consensus at the meeting that the conflict in Ukraine poses a significant risk of nuclear conflict. "The time hasĬome to act now and do everything possible to save lives and find wise way to collaborate."ĭr. "In a world that has not only suffered from the health consequences of the pandemic, but also the isolation and division among people, families, communities and entire nations, the use of nuclear weapons would be the final threat to healthcare system and for all of humanity," the IPPNW said in its statement. IPPNW earlier issued a statement calling on world leaders to "to speed up constructive and effective negotiations to establish peace in Ukraine." partner calling on world leaders to establish peace in Ukraine and avoid further escalation of the conflict. Now, he said there are talks about whether the Russian Academy will issue a statement with a U.S. Medical care, even pain relief, would be unavailable because most hospitals, including the Brigham and Women’s where I work, would be destroyed and most health professionals would be killed or injured.Īfter his speech, Muller said a silence fell between the audience of more than 100 scientists and physicians. There would be fierce winds and radioactive fallout. The total deaths in Boston would be 3 million.
Around the center the heat and blast forces would kill and injure hundreds of thousands more. In the center, near the Charles River, there would be a fireball with intense temperatures that would kill hundreds of thousands instantly. Multiple nuclear warheads, each more powerful than the Hiroshima bomb, would strike the city. Bernard Lown, of what a potential nuclear attack on Boston would look like. In it, he referenced a 1960s medical account written by his colleague, the late Dr. On Wednesday, Muller delivered his speech in an online video stream that was also broadcast on a Russian scientific channel. The IPPNW won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1985 for bringing attention to the medical consequences of using nuclear weapons. "While many discount the possibility that any rational person would launch nuclear weapons, the current high alert status increases the odds of a nuclear war beginning by accident, miscalculation or terrorist attack." "Nuclear weapons have been put on high alert, which threatens to expand the tragedy from the death of thousands to the deaths of hundreds of millions," he added. "While the death and destruction in the Ukraine is a nightmare, an even greater disaster is nearby," Muller said in Russian during his 15-minute speech to members of the prestigious Russian Academy of Science. James Muller, a Brigham and Women's Hospital doctor and co-founder of the International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War (IPPNW), warned the Russian invasion of Ukraine had raised the threat of a nuclear war whose "damage is beyond our imagination." lawmakers about his nation's deepening crisis, a Boston cardiologist engaged in his own direct diplomacy, delivering a stark message about the specter of nuclear war to a group of Russian physicians and scientists.
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