PUBLIC HEALTH
The night West blew up Explosion tests disaster response
A victim from the West fertilizer plant explosion is wheeled into Hillcrest Baptist Medical Center in Waco.
“We want to be as much help as possible.”
BY CRYSTAL ZUZEK The April 17 fertilizer plant explosion that killed 15 people and injured more than 160 in the Central Texas town of West put the state’s disaster response system to the test. Area health professionals and emergency responders mobilized quickly to care for the injured and prevent more deaths. Waco otolaryngologist Bradford Holland, MD, learned of the explosion in West
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AP PHOTO / WACO TRIBUNE-HERALD / JERRY LARSON
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