Canadian diplomats who suffered ‘sonic attacks’ in Cuba may have brain injuries

Like their American counterparts, Canadian diplomats stationed in Cuba who were victims of mysterious “sonic attacks” on the island may have brain injuries. A Canadian doctor who examined the diplomats says they are exhibiting symptoms that indicate damage to the brain. This finding correlates with the brain damage already found in American victims after extensive examinations by U.S. doctors.

Via The Star:

Canadians who fell ill in Cuba have brain-injury symptoms, doctor says

Canadian diplomats suffering health woes after time in Cuba have symptoms consistent with a brain injury, according to an Ottawa doctor who has assessed them, turning aside speculation that the problems are psychosomatic.

“Do I believe that these people have presentations consistent with someone who has had a concussion or brain injury? Yes,” said Dr. Shawn Marshall, medical director for acquired brain injury rehabilitation at the Ottawa Hospital Rehabilitation Centre.

Canadians and American diplomats and dependants began reporting mysterious health problems in late 2016 and into 2017, setting off an international investigation.

Marshall started seeing the Canadians in mid-2017 at the request of Global Affairs. Marshall, a specialist in brain injuries, said he assessed the patients using a protocol similar to one used to screen people who have suffered a concussion.

“Most of them present with difficulties with physical symptoms,” Marshall told the Star in an interview.

Marshall said that at the outset, there was little known about the potential cause of the symptoms. While the symptoms were similar to those of a concussion, none of these patients had suffered a blunt force blow that might explain it.

But Marshall said there can be a number of causes for such injuries in addition to an external force.

“But those forces or injury to the brain can be from physical forces that aren’t necessarily traumatic strikes or blows. For example, we know that a blast … can cause brain injury,” Marshall said.

“There are different forms of energy that can cause it. Infection can definitely cause it … I don’t have any evidence of that at all or any suggestion of that. But I’m just saying that there are multiple different causes.”

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