title: The operation of a health centre after a catastrophe in Finland.
abstract: In April 1976 the most disastrous peace-time accident in Finland took place in the town of Lapua, where a cartridge-filling station in an ammunition factory exploded and 40 people were killed. I was in charge of the local health centre activities, and describe what happened.
mesh_terms: D000554:Ambulatory Care Facilities / Q000458:organization & administration*; D004190:Disasters; D004632:Emergency Medical Services / Q000458:organization & administration*; D005387:Finland; D014187:Transportation of Patients