Lancaster, PA: Bomb squad, haz-mat team determine box at health campus no threat

[Ian David]

By Brett Hambright, Staff
Intelligencer Journal

Published: Mar 01, 2007 1:40 AM EST

LANCASTER, Pa. -

Officers from Lancaster County's haz-mat team and a Pennsylvania state police bomb squad investigated a suspicious package found Wednesday morning at Lancaster General Health Campus.

After a four-hour inspection of the small box, investigators opened the package, which contained a discarded piece of medical equipment, according to LGH spokesman John Lines.

Safety precautions were taken, Lines said, because the package had a "suspicious message" written on it. Also, a soft humming sound was coming from inside the box.

Lines declined to say what was written on the box.

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A housekeeper found the box about 10 a.m. in an area of a basement that holds medical waste, Lines said.

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A pump found inside was used to suction bodily fluids during surgery and had malfunctioned, so a hospital employee discarded it.



Lines said it was discarded because it contained fluids that were considered biohazards.

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