A few months ago, the hospital staff of Lac-Mégantic took part in an exercise code orange: an simulation involving a school bus accident. But overnight on July 6, the code orange was not a sham.
Lac-Mégantic, Quebec | “The sky was orange. It was like in a movie—a ball of fire, big explosions, flames, smoke and lots of people gathered in the street, in pyjamas.”
Dr. Mélissa Généreux has only been head of the Public Health Office at the Regional Health Agency of the Eastern Townships since July 2. Four days later, she was hard at work in the devastated area of Lac-Mégantic.
