Alerting humanitarians to emergencies  |   |  You are here: > > Costa Rica clinic fire toll rises, safety slammed COUNTRY PROFILES TOPICS IMAGES RESOURCES NGO SERVICES Take the quiz... Global Pledge-o-meter Weekly appeal Costa Rica clinic fire toll rises, safety slammed 13 Jul 2005 22:54:14 GMT Source: Reuters SAN JOSE, Costa Rica, July 13 (Reuters) - Costa Rican emergency workers on Wednesday criticized inadequate safety measures at a hospital gutted by fire earlier this week, as the death toll from the deadly blaze rose to 19. The fire broke out on Tuesday at the Rafael Angel Calderon Guardia Hospital in San Jose, trapping critically ill patients and nurses in the neurosurgery and intensive care wards on the clinic's upper floors. Emergency workers found the body of a patient in the charred ruins of the hospital on Wednesday, taking the

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