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San Lorenzo hospital left with damaged equipment, waste and mosquito-breeding hazards after Mitch, volunteers say
Summary
The San Lorenzo hospital was flooded during Hurricane Mitch in late October 1998; the transcript states four feet of water flowed through the building for 24 hours and that equipment and materials that did not wash away were damaged beyond repair.
The San Lorenzo hospital was flooded during Hurricane Mitch in late October 1998; the transcript states four feet of water flowed through the building for 24 hours and that equipment and materials that did not wash away were damaged beyond repair.
Volunteers and the documentary narration describe persistent infrastructure problems: the hospital incinerator was rendered unusable in the floods, and medical waste was noted dumped on the ground near the incinerator, with the transcript specifically describing “a bag of blood laying on the ground” beside the incinerator. The recording also shows a broken isolation room…
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