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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
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Rachel Dobkin

Camp Mystic’s top medical officer ‘abandoned’ campers and staff by evacuating her own family in deadly flood, documents show

The top medical officer at Camp Mystic evacuated herself and her kids and didn’t contact staff as a deadly Texas flood hit last summer, official documents show.

Mary Elizabeth Eastland, the chief health officer at the all-girls Christian camp, “abandoned” campers and her colleagues when water from the Guadalupe River began to flood the campsite in the early morning hours of July 4, 2025, according to an order from the Texas Board of Nursing.

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