Fumes at VA Hospital Affect 7
Seven workers at the Veterans Administration Hospital in Westwood were treated for nausea and headaches early this morning after dangerous ethylene oxide fumes leaked from a faulty cylinder, Fire Department officials reported.
The cylinder of gas was stored in the basement of the building, two levels below the main floor. None of the injuries were considered serious and no patients were endangered, authorities reported. The building’s air-conditioning system and Fire Department equipment were used to disperse the gas.
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