PNG: Patients evacuated after Tarvurvur eruption

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Updated August 31, 2007 14:50:05

In Papua New Guinea, around 50 patients have been evactuated from Nonga Hospital in Rabaul. Mt Tarvurvur as been erupting since the weekend forcing some parts of the hospital including the operating threatres to close. Encroaching dirt, volcanic ash and gas emissions have forced the authorites to reduce the number of sevices the hospital can offer.

Presenter: Geraldine Coutts
Speakers: Herman Patia, Acting Assistant Director, Rabaul Volcano Observatory

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