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Memorial Medical Center [a] in New Orleans, Louisiana was heavily damaged when Hurricane Katrina struck the Gulf Coast on August 29, 2005. [1] In the aftermath of the storm, while the building had no electricity and went through catastrophic flooding after the levees failed, Dr. Anna Pou, along with other doctors and nurses, attempted to continue caring for patients. [2]
New Orleans, Louisiana, United States Coordinates 29°55′33″N 90°05′32″W / 29.925841°N 90.092261°W / 29.925841; -90.092261 ( 1852, Touro Infirmary
Five Days at Memorial: Life and Death in a Storm-Ravaged Hospital is a 2013 non-fiction book by the American journalist Sheri Fink.The book details the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina at Memorial Medical Center in New Orleans in August 2005, and is an expansion of a Pulitzer Prize-winning article written by Fink and published in The New York Times Magazine in 2009.
Mr. Paulsen, who spent over 40 years on New Orleans television, passed away on Saturday. “Eric Paulsen was more than just a news anchor, he was a fixture in our community and a beloved friend to ...
The History of Southern Baptist Hospital. Printed by Parthenon Press. Southern Baptist Hospital. LCCN 70084660. OCLC 13849. OL 5694914M. Fink, Sheri (2013). Five Days at Memorial: Life and Death in a Storm-Ravaged Hospital. Crown Publishings. ISBN 978-0-307-71897-6
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Charity Hospital was founded on May 10, 1736, by a grant from Jean Louis, a French sailor and shipbuilder, who died in New Orleans the year before. His last will and testament was to finance a hospital for the indigent in the colony of New Orleans from his estate. [3]
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