emergency area

Jones and Valdez-Roque were arrested and booked at West Valley Detention Center on charges of unauthorized entry to a closed emergency area.

Mr. Martire, who has been serving a sentence for burglary, said that when he passed out from the heat this month there were two others in the emergency area, also recovering from being overheated.

Earthquake survivors lie on trolleys, others are wrapped in blankets on mattresses in an emergency area.

The emergency area is exempt from strike action as nurses felt they could not leave the area understaffed.

Since Friday, there have been reports of many elderly frail patients having to be kept in ambulances or on trolleys in corridors as there is no room for them within the emergency area.