Hospital district in Eunice, Louisiana may be ordered to remove asbestos and demolish abandoned hospital

The old hospital in Eunice, Louisiana has been abandoned for two years, but the parish hospital district has not torn down the building because removing the asbestos would be too expensive. Asbestos must be removed before a building can be demolished to avoid releasing the toxic fibers into the air and exposing members of the community. Since the building has been empty, vagrants have moved in, and scavengers have gone in to take copper tubing from the building. The mayor has issued a citation for the chairman of the hospital district to appear in court on October 29, when the court will decide whether to order that the hospital building be demolished.

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