Although it was hard to get medical care and attention into the site - until the army intervened - those who were in there were doing their best to see patients and record what happened. The statistics they collected were a little alarming - there were 5,162 recorded medical incidents, which means that over 5% of the entire population suffered an incident requiring medical attention at some point over the three days.
A significant number of these incidents were to attend people who'd had drug issues, including abuse and overdose, and that shouldn't come as a shock to anybody. Sadly, there were also three deaths at the festival. Two people died from overdoses, which is sad but unsurprising, but one festival goer slept in a muddy sleeping bag in a field of debris. A tractor that was trying to tidy up the mess didn't see him and ran over him, resulting in his death. That's no way to go.
To insure one’s house, one’s car or to underwrite a life insurance policy, that is common practice. But who would pay an insurance premium for his/her thumb, legs or smile? Stars, of course.
At the top of the ranking are the legs of Mariah Carey, worth 810 million USD: The diva became, in 2006, the Gillette brand muse for the advertising campaign «Legs of a Goddess». She then took out an insurance policy with London Lloyds to protect her legs, a decision that is far from being insignificant. Among its customers, the London insurer then included several icons of music, such as Bob Dylan or Rod Stewart.
David Beckham’s body insured for 195 million USD: European champion with Manchester United in 1999, David Beckham was in 2006 the most renowned footballer of the planet. In relation to his sporting activities, he took out an insurance cover for his legs. The huge amount paid for his insurance would reportedly exceed the 103 million USD disbursed by Real Madrid for the cover of Christiano Ronaldo in 2009. The fashion model would later extend his insurance cover to his entire body.
15 million USD in insurance for Kim Kardashian’s curves: The curves of Kim Kardashian are her number one beauty asset. The reality TV star, who is crazy about plastic surgery, has underwritten an insurance policy worth 15 million USD to protect her famous butt.
The culinary critic Egon Ronay assured his taste buds: The famous Hungarian culinary critic has insured his taste buds since 1957, for the amount of 400 000 USD. An original insurance policy which allows him to cover his sense of taste without which he will no longer be able to practice his job.