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USA. Memorial Medical Center in Uptown New Orleans. 2009.
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In the days following Hurricane Katrina, the staff at New Orleans' Memorial Medical Center had repeated discussions about euthanizing patients they thought might not survive the ordeal.
Floodwaters had isolated the hospital, food was running low, sanitation wasn't working, and temperatures inside soared to 110 degrees. About 312 patients -- many of them critically ill -- were being treated at the hospital when Katrina hit. No one knew when rescuers would arrive. Without power to operate medical devices, staff could only provide basic care. Security was compromised and evacuations were sporadic -- an occasional boat or helicopter picking up patients.
In the end, 45 patient corpses were removed from Memorial, 10 of which expired before Katrina struck. It is believed that over half received medication hastening their death. Of the 35 deaths, 25 occurred on the LifeCare unit, which rented a floor in Memorial.
On July 24, 2007 a grand jury declined to indict the medical staff for their actions during the evacuation. Family members of some of the deceased have since filed wrongful death suits that are pending at this time.
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