The hospital is currently under some construction. Because of the high moisture, asbestos is a common problem. For example, several years ago, the hospital built about 6 apartment buildings next to the hospital for employees. Unfortunately, they discovered asbestos a few years later and now they're abandoned/condemned because of the asbestos. So there they sit. Empty and slowly deteriorating.
Anyways, recently they discovered asbestos in all of the inpatient wing of the hospital. That's where patients stay when they're hospitalized. They had to get it fixed, so they built a wall and are fixing one half of the wing. This means that they're short of hospital beds and occasionally, they call the outpatient clinics (where we both work) and tell us they're on divert. So that means that when we're on divert, any patients that need to be admitted end up getting medevac'd to Anchorage.
And this is only the first half! Once that's done, they'll be switching to ther other side of the wing to get that one repaired. So crazy!!!
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