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The Grand Bahama's Mobile, Inflatable Hospital Complex

Season 1 Episode 3 | 2m 57s

Duane Sands, the Minister for Health, explains that since it was struck by Dorian, the island of Grand Bahama has had to rely on a mobile, inflatable hospital complex, flown in by a US-based organization called Samaritan’s Purse. It has been set up next to the damaged hospital that used to serve Grand Bahama’s main town.

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