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Jul. 18th, 2006 12:33 pmI remember when I read this, I hoped that these doctors and nurses wouldn't be prosecuted, and simultaneously knew that of course they would be aggressively prosecuted, because it is the perfect scapegoat for our murderous administration.
Today the AP reported that a doctor and two nurses have been arrested in connection with the deaths of patients at a New Orleans hospital after Hurricane Katrina hit the city, the Louisiana attorney general's office said Tuesday.
The three were arrested late Monday and booked on suspicion of second-degree murder, said Kris Wartelle, a spokeswoman for Attorney General Charles C. Foti.
Memorial Medical Center was cut off by flood water in the immediate aftermath of the Aug. 29 hurricane. Power went out and the temperature inside the building rose over 100 degrees as patients waited four days to be evacuated.
At least 34 patients died at Memorial during that time, 10 of them patients of the hospital's owner Dallas-based Tenet Healthcare Corp. and 24 patients in a facility run by LifeCare Holdings Inc., a separate company.
Over the winter, Orleans Parish coroner Frank Minyard said samples were taken from dozens of patients who died at various hospitals and nursing homes to test for potentially lethal doses of drugs such as morphine.
Chalk up one more the the Culture of Life, riding the coathanger into moral oblivion, the way Slim Pickens rides the nuclear missile in Dr. Strangelove.
Today the AP reported that a doctor and two nurses have been arrested in connection with the deaths of patients at a New Orleans hospital after Hurricane Katrina hit the city, the Louisiana attorney general's office said Tuesday.
The three were arrested late Monday and booked on suspicion of second-degree murder, said Kris Wartelle, a spokeswoman for Attorney General Charles C. Foti.
Memorial Medical Center was cut off by flood water in the immediate aftermath of the Aug. 29 hurricane. Power went out and the temperature inside the building rose over 100 degrees as patients waited four days to be evacuated.
At least 34 patients died at Memorial during that time, 10 of them patients of the hospital's owner Dallas-based Tenet Healthcare Corp. and 24 patients in a facility run by LifeCare Holdings Inc., a separate company.
Over the winter, Orleans Parish coroner Frank Minyard said samples were taken from dozens of patients who died at various hospitals and nursing homes to test for potentially lethal doses of drugs such as morphine.
Chalk up one more the the Culture of Life, riding the coathanger into moral oblivion, the way Slim Pickens rides the nuclear missile in Dr. Strangelove.
