34-Ethics in the Eye of the Storm: Memorial Medical Center Story

Episode 34-Ethics in the Eye of the Storm: Memorial Medical Center Story In the days after Hurricane Katrina, Memorial Medical Center was left without power, running water, or working elevators. Temperatures soared, floodwaters surrounded the building, and the rescue efforts were slow to arrive. As conditions worsened, dozens of patients remained trapped inside. When help finally came, 45 patients were dead- and questions swirled about whether some had been intentionally given lethal doses of drugs. At the center of the storm: Dr. Anna Pou. Was it mercy or was it murder?The information presented in this episode is from sources from the most reliable accounts available on the web including The New England Journal of Medicine article Murder or Mercy? Hurricane Katrina and the Need for Disaster Training:https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMp068196Information off of Wikipedia:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Memorial_Medical_Center_and_Hurricane_Katrina#cite_note-TP060806-27https://www.npr.org/2013/09/08/216838132/five-days-of-ambiguous-morality-at-katrina-hit-hospitalA Pro Publica Article:https://www.propublica.org/article/on-the-frontlines-at-memorial-medical-center-826A ton of information off of this New York Times Article:https://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/30/magazine/30doctors.htmlPhotos include: A helicopter retrieving patients from the helipad on the parking garage of Memorial Medical Clinic, (top left) staff, visitors, and patients waiting to get rescued by airboat, (top right) Memorial Medical Clinic under water after Hurricane Katrina and the Levy failed, (bottom left) and people being rescued by boat (bottom right.)