1. Welcome to Baptist Board, a friendly forum to discuss the Baptist Faith in a friendly surrounding.

    Your voice is missing! You will need to register to get access to all the features that our community has to offer.

    We hope to see you as a part of our community soon and God Bless!

Dozens subpoenaed in hospital deaths

Discussion in '2005 Archive' started by poncho, Oct 27, 2005.

Top Posters
  1. poncho

    poncho Well-Known Member

    Joined:
    Mar 30, 2004
    Messages:
    19,657
    Likes Received:
    128
    Louisiana attorney general investigates fatalities after Katrina

    Wednesday, October 26, 2005; Posted: 9:08 p.m. EDT (01:08 GMT)

    Bodies lie wrapped at Memorial Medical Center in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina.

    BATON ROUGE, Louisiana (AP) -- The Louisiana attorney general's office subpoenaed 73 employees of Memorial Medical Center on Wednesday as part of its investigation of deaths at hospitals and nursing homes in the New Orleans area during and after Hurricane Katrina.

    The subpoenas were "for all levels of personnel" and included doctors, nurses and support staff, said Kris Wartelle, a spokeswoman for Attorney General Charles Foti.

    They included people who were at the hospital during the storm and its aftermath "or they knew something about it," Wartelle said.

    On the Memorial campus, 34 patients died after the hospital was cut off by floodwaters, according to Tenet Healthcare Corp., which owns the hospital.

    Full Story
     
    #1 poncho, Oct 27, 2005
  2. TexasSky

    TexasSky Guest

    Once you start devaluing life you stop seeing the wrongness of such things.
     
    #2 TexasSky, Oct 28, 2005
  3. Deacon

    Deacon Well-Known Member
    Site Supporter

    Joined:
    Aug 23, 2002
    Messages:
    9,492
    Likes Received:
    1,239
    Faith:
    Baptist
    Lets see how the story plays out.
    </font>
    • Once you cut electric power and run off generators for a few days...</font>
    </font>
    • Once you are isolated and can't staff the facility for 24 hours a day; or have the same staff working non-stop for 72 hours or more.</font>
    </font>
    • Once you loose fresh running water service.</font>
    There will be some additional deaths that may have not have happened in typical situations.

    Contrary to popular opinion America isn't Paradise; America, land of the free home of the whinners.

    Rob
     
    #3 Deacon, Oct 28, 2005
  4. Brother Ian

    Brother Ian Active Member

    Joined:
    Jul 27, 2005
    Messages:
    1,065
    Likes Received:
    0
    Hopefully, they'll get to the bottom of this.
     
    #4 Brother Ian, Oct 28, 2005
  5. TexasSky

    TexasSky Guest

    I heard in some television news blurb that the reason for the investigation is that mercy-killing was discussed by several members of the hospital staff during the ordeal.
     
    #5 TexasSky, Oct 28, 2005
  6. hillclimber

    hillclimber New Member

    Joined:
    Feb 10, 2005
    Messages:
    2,075
    Likes Received:
    0
    Sure is sad for everyone concerned.
     
    #6 hillclimber, Oct 29, 2005
  7. carpro

    carpro Well-Known Member
    Site Supporter

    Joined:
    Oct 14, 2004
    Messages:
    25,823
    Likes Received:
    1,167
    Faith:
    Baptist
    Wonder when they'll subpoena the mayor and the governor?
     
    #7 carpro, Oct 29, 2005
  8. LadyEagle

    LadyEagle <b>Moderator</b> <img src =/israel.gif>

    Joined:
    Feb 7, 2002
    Messages:
    22,028
    Likes Received:
    1
    Well, at least they didn't line up the wheelchairs in the hallway and leave them helpless to drown like the nursing home owners did. None of this should have happened & the mayor, governor, and FEMA are to blame.
     
    #8 LadyEagle, Oct 30, 2005
(You must log in or sign up to post here.)
Loading...