Posted on 05/21/2026 6:14:41 AM PDT by DFG
The co-director of Camp Mystic Guadalupe River, where 27 campers and staffers died in last summer's flooding tragedy, has had her nursing license suspended as a result of her alleged actions.
According to the document temporarily revoking her license, Mary Liz Eastland is charged with numerous infractions, including abandonment of children.
Camp Mystic nursing license revoked
What we know: Eastland, who co-directs the riverside portion of the camp with her husband, Edward Eastland, has temporarily lost her ability to practice as a registered nurse after an order was handed down by the Texas Board of Nursing on Tuesday, May 19.
Eastland was simultaneously serving as a registered nurse, supervising nurse, camp nurse, co-director, and chief health officer of the Guadalupe River camp when the historic flooding hit the Texas Hill Country on the morning of July 4, 2025. According to the document, her actions in planning for such an emergency, reacting to it as it happened, and responding to it afterward warrant the voiding of her license.
What they're saying: "Respondent abandoned the campers and staff when the camp site began to flood at approximately 0200 by evacuating herself and her children to higher ground without providing any assistance or direction," the document says.
Six major charges Eastland has the following charges levied against her in the TBN document:
Failure to prepare emergency plans and training: The board says Eastland had a duty as a nurse to have better awareness of and plans for reacting to a catastrophe.
Failure to implement emergency procedures during the flood: Due to the alleged lack of planning, the board says Eastland did not react properly as a health professional while the flood was happening.
Abandonment during the crisis: The board says Eastland helped herself and her family first
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Abandoning the girls as the waters rose.
I can hear the DA now.
Suspended , not revoked?
How many lives must be lost before someone loses their operating license?
At this point, they are just charges. She has a legal right to respond and to have them adjudicated. So until that time, her license can only be suspended pending resolution of the charges.
There are certain moments in life that test people who are charged with the care of others. This nurse. The captain of the Italian cruise ship - Costa Concordia - who took off while the ship was sinking with passengers still on it. The cop who stood outside of the Uvalde school waiting while children were being shot. Its a horrible situation to be in but if you are in charge, you have that obligation and you better have the courage to do the right thing or you will be damned in the view of society.
Horrible, rotten tragedy compounded by human errors. She chose to save her own children... at the expense of other parents’ children.
None of us were there. For all we know she barely escaped and had absolutely no chance of helping anyone else. How many of you have been in a flash flood? None of the bureaucrats were there either. Let’s wait and see what happens at trial.
Good point. My grandaughter was camping a little further from there a month or so earlier when they got hit by a flash flood. It was a real mess but 15 year old grandaughter helped comfort/save some kids. No lives were lost, water did not get has high as Mystic.
That flash flood should have been a warning for camp mystic.
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