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I'm surprised at some of the remains, especially in the public health section - hospitals and clinics. There are rooms full of medical records, along with drug
by shabble 15y ago
I'm surprised at some of the remains, especially in the public health section - hospitals and clinics. There are rooms full of medical records, along with drugs, surgical equipment, and (possibly) radioisotopes. Probably not the latter, and they're just old x-ray machines, but the Goiânia accident[1] is what might happen if there are.
It seems almost like a desperate evacuation over hours and days, rather than, as I seem to find, over years. There's strong parallels with the photos from Pripyat in terms of the stuff left behind.
Did the city lose big chunks of population near simultaneously, or was it a constant trickle away? Why didn't the building owners make some sort of planned move? At least that way they could rip out the valuable stuff, and destroy things like medical records.
[1] https://secure.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/wiki/Goi%C3%A2nia_accident https://secure.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/wiki/Goi%C3%A2nia_...
- Luyt 15y agoThat story about Goiânia made my neck hairs raise. I wonder, did the radiological therapy machine not have any 'radiation danger' signs on it? Or maybe the scavengers ignored it, or didn't recognize it as such.