Hospitals and other facilities in eastern Newfoundland would have a hard time moving patients through partially blocked corridors in an emergency evacuation, a report has found. - A wide-ranging review of Eastern Health's facilities also cited serious problems, from the higher risk of infection in some older institutions to the handling of laboratory samples. - Eastern Health underwent a top-to-toe examination between Sept. 23 and Sept. 28, as part of its regular accreditation process, to ensure its hospitals, nursing homes and other facilities meet national standards of care. - But the report by the Canadian Council on Health Services Accreditation lays out a long list of problems at Eastern Health, which was formed in 2005 by the merger of seven smaller boards. - Problems with overcrowding and outdated equipment at some hospitals have been widely known for years, but the report presents the risk to public safety from using corridors for...