AUSTIN — The former chief health officer at Camp Mystic — the Texas summer camp where 27 girls died in last year’s catastrophic flood, including 8-year-old Mary Grace Baker of Beaumont — has had her nursing license suspended, according to records released Wednesday by the Texas Board of Nursing.
State regulators said Mary Elizabeth Eastland failed to establish adequate emergency preparedness measures for campers and staff, including evacuation procedures and emergency training protocols for camp nurses.
In its findings, the board stated that Eastland should have recognized the risks posed by severe flooding based on Camp Mystic’s history with past flood disasters. Regulators concluded that she failed to create and implement sufficient shelter and evacuation plans ahead of the deadly July 4 flooding along the Guadalupe River…