Book About Hurricane Katrina Hospital

The nurses were Tenet employees who could not get jobs after Memorial closed; they were financially devastatedFink, a physician turned journalist, won a Pulitzer Prize for her investigation of these events in a 2009 joint assignment for ProPublica and The New York Times MagazineSeptember 8, 20133:38 PM ET Heard on All Things Considered Susan Jane Gilman Two stabbing victims turned up at this hospital, which was on life support itself, and were treated.By Day 4 of the hurricane, the generators had conked outInside, bodies shrouded in white sheets offered a macabre scene.As Fink explains, the struggles of doctors and hospital workers to keep sick patients alive following Katrina was not unique to Memorial.But the staggering number of dead far more than other storm-ravaged hospitals raised suspicions from Louisiana's attorney general and triggered an investigation that led to DrFink writes, was also dark, hot and surrounded by water, but officials at its parent corporation, HCA, had been proactive about arranging for private helicopters and buses to rescue patients, employees and their families, betting correctly that government assets would prove insufficientOne doctor and two nurses were arrested by the Sheriff's Office in connection with four of the deaths at the hospital, but a grand jury declined to issue an indictment in the case

In addition to further exploring the reportage that won her the Pulitzer, which was the product of a joint assignment for ProPublica and The New York Times Magazine, Fink in her book delves into the often-complex world of medical ethicsBooks of The Times Book reviews by The Timess criticsA version of this review appears in print on September 4, 2013, on Page C6 of the New York edition with the headline: Harrowing Questions, and the Ethics Involved, During Hurricane KatrinaJoin the Nation's ConversationTo find out more about Facebook commenting please read the Conversation Guidelines and FAQs 'Five Days' of harrowing stories from Hurricane Katrina Aamer Madhani , USA TODAY 5:01 p.mBack Rock Pop Jazz Classical Hip-Hop R&B/Soul Folk Latin World Electronic/Dance You must select a newsletter to subscribe toAs floodwaters poured into the streets, the building was plunged into darknessHave you contacted the National Guard?" Tenet's corporate negligence, Fink suggests, bordered on criminal

Please re-enterDiesel generators gave partial electricityFoti JrThat work was published in the New York Times MagazineAdvertisement Continue reading the main story This approach is a literary gamble, demanding more of readers than a standard-issue medical thriller wouldThe doctors and nurses, beyond exhaustion, wondered how many could survive.When evacuations were done, 45 patients had not made it out aliveFacebook Twitter Google+ Email

Pou and two nurses were arrested and charged with "principal to second-degree murder." The public was largely outraged over the arrestsAs Coast Guard helicopters descended, physicians gave priority to babiesRider deemed guiltyIn addition, actor Will Smith -- currently in town shooting the con-man comedy "Focus" -- has been working on the drama "The American Can," telling the story of a New Orleans man credited with keeping order among the nearly 250 people -- many of them elderly or handicapped -- trapped with him in the American Can apartment building in the post-Katrina flooding of the cityBack Support Public Radio Corporate Sponsorship Volunteer How? Amazon iBooks Independent Booksellers Read An Excerpt First Reads Exclusive First Read: 'Five Days At Memorial,' By Sheri Fink If we didn't experience Hurricane Katrina ourselves, we saw it: the ominous red pinwheel on the radar, the wrecked Superdome, the corpsesAlthough she had the material for a gripping disaster story, Dr e0ec752d1c

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