HazMat team empties Ebola doctor's apartment WITHOUT gloves, face masks or any protective gear
- A HazMat team was sent in to sterilize the apartment of NYC Ebola patient Craig Spencer on Friday
- The team spent almost the entire day in the building
- They left with sealed barrels, but not wearing any sort of protective gear
The preparedness of New York City officials and workers to deal with Ebola has once again left much to be desired as a HazMat team sent in to decontaminate the apartment of Craig Spencer, the first person to contract the deadly virus in the city, was seen leaving his apartment with sealed barrels, but wearing no protective gear.
The men were photographed exiting the apartment without gloves, face masks, or anything else to protect them as they loaded the barrels with possibly contaminated goods into the back of a truck.
In fact, one man had something dangling out of his mouth as he carried two barrels out.
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Workers are seen exiting the New York City apartment building of Ebola patient Craig Spencer
The men were sent in to sterilize the apartment
They left without any gloves, face masks or protective gear
According to their site, the company charged with the clean-up, Bio Recovery Corp., is 'dedicated to the recovery of all accident, crime, trauma and bio-hazardous scenes; from suicides, homicides, hoarding clean up, sewage back flows, and microbial contamination issues.'
The NYPD began putting up barriers late on Friday morning to prepare for the decontamination, and cleaners arrived, also not wearing HazMat suits at that time or any protective gear as they entered the apartment building.
The men works for a company called Bio Recovery Corp.
They had been in the apartment almost all day working
The sealed barrels were then loaded into the back of a truck
The biohazard truck was parked near the home with large blue sealed containers in the back.
There has been no evacuation order for the building, and the Department of Health has been canvassing the neighborhood to keep neighbors informed.
It is uncertain where these barrels will now be disposed of
This comes just one day after NYC police officers were seen throwing gloves and tape into a public trash can near Spencer's apartment
These men had not been in the apartment building however
This comes just one day after police were seen throwing gloves, face masks and caution tape in a public trash can after being near Spencer's apartment.
Those men, however, were never in the apartment building, and it is standard practice for NYC police officers to wear gloves while putting up and taking down caution tape.
Source: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/
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