PNG: Patients evacuated after Tarvurvur eruption

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Updated August 31, 2007 19:51:22

In Papua New Guinea, Mt Tarvurvur has been erupting all this week, forcing the evacuation of around 50 patients from Nonga Hospital in Rabaul. 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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