At a time when hospitals across the country have been upended by a deadly pandemic, the work that two men were performing at a Veterans Affairs hospital in Connecticut on Friday morning was relatively routine. The workers — one a Navy veteran who was employed by the Veterans Affairs health […]
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2 killed in explosion at VA hospital in West Haven, Connecticut
An apparent steam explosion Friday in a maintenance building at a Veterans Affairs hospital in Connecticut killed a VA employee and a contractor and left a third person missing, officials said. The deaths were earlier confirmed by Sen. Richard Blumenthal to CBS affiliate WFSB-TV. “We received a report this morning that […]
Video captures mother in labor as Beirut explosion shatters hospital room
Emmanuelle Khnaisser was preparing to give birth as a devastating explosion hit Beirut on Tuesday and tore through her hospital room, her husband Edmound told Reuters. Edmound captured the incident — including the safe birth of their baby boy — on video. The video shows windows of the hospital shattering just after Emmanuelle […]