A hospital staffer who worked in the immediate aftermath of the White Island volcano eruption has described the horrific scene that unfolded. WARNING: Graphic
The worker described having to cover the woman in Gladwrap because fluid was dripping out of her. “I was trying to roll her but I was too scared to touch her because every time I did, skin would come off in my hands.”“We managed to call her by her name and say, ‘It’s gonna be all right’,” he said.
“People have got to remember that we’re a small hospital, no one was identified at the time, everyone was covered in ash, everything was happening at once: The focus was on saving lives,” he said.“Identity is important for people but we just had to treat what we saw, and that was injuries and human beings.”
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