6PM UPDATE:
According to Asst. Fire Chief Tony Perez with the Corpus Christi Fire Department, at 2 p.m. Tuesday, paramedics were dispatched to a home for a medical call.
While transporting an adult patient to Christus Spohn Hospital- Shoreline, paramedics discovered the patient may have been exposed to a hazardous material.
Out of an abundance of caution, the Christus Spohn Emergency Department was placed on temporary diversion while the fire department performed a cleanup, decontamination, and atmospheric monitoring to ensure everyone involved was safe.
There's no word yet on the condition of the patient or what they were exposed to.
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ORIGINAL:
A patient walked into Christus Spohn Hospital- Shoreline asking to be decontaminated, prompting Corpus Christi police to shut down some of the entrances of Christus Spohn Hospital- Shoreline near Ocean Drive and Morgan Boulevard.
Corpus Christi Police Senior Officer Tony Contreras confirmed an incident is active at Spohn Hospital- Shoreline.
"There's an incident working at Spohn Shoreline Hospital. Someone came in and needed to be decontaminated. CCPD is doing traffic control. The city has blocked off the hospital exit where the patient came in," Contreras said.
Corpus Christi Fire Department spokesperson Tony Perez confirmed a patient was transported to Spohn Shoreline Hospital but said additional details were limited.
"We did transport a patient to Spohn Shoreline. I don't have a time or location where the patient was picked up," Perez said.
There is a hazardous materials response on-site.
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