Global Security Newswire

Ontario emergency workers plan to respond to a simulated radiological "dirty bomb" detonation along a Canadian highway tomorrow in an exercise to prepare health personnel to handle large numbers of victims in a WMD attack, Centennial College said (see GSN, Feb. 19).

The drill would follow a daylong conference on WMD preparedness and response in the city and is expected to involve doctors, nurses, administrators and specialists from two hospitals as well as crisis managers, social workers, security personnel, students and educators.

Drill organizers plan to monitor hospital workers for their response to large numbers of patients seeking radiation exposure testing (Canada NewsWire release, March 27).