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Memorial Hospital
1media/hospitalCyanotype_thumb.png2024-07-26T14:53:37+00:00Lisa Lid950936b9d28020915b01973001f1202165b9e8711Memorial for a Hospital that Operated in the Coal Mineplain2024-07-26T14:53:37+00:00Lisa Lid950936b9d28020915b01973001f1202165b9e87
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12024-07-26T14:54:49+00:00Memorial Hospital Cyanotype8By Lisa Liplain2024-07-29T14:53:54+00:00The coal miner who gave us a tour, introduced us to the hospital that lies as a memorial inside the coal mine. It's a place where many lives were saved. However, before hospitals or treatment centers in the coal mines were built, coal miners didn't have sufficient and timely care, which resulted in many injuries and deaths. A story that stuck out to me was when he mentioned that if a miner had hurt his leg, he'd just be left somewhere out of the way until the end of his workday. Companies didn't allow the injured workers to be sent out of the mine, since that would result in an empty mine cart coming out of the mine, which means less profit. The insatiable greed of these coal companies have caused many deaths, especially through their false sense of promoting safety for their workers. The companies’ complete disregard for safety makes them evil, not the coal or the workers.
