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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]
Jefferson Parish Hospital District No. 2 v. Hyde: Supreme Court case involving hospital; Levy v. Louisiana: Supreme Court case involving hospital in New Orleans; Medical Center of Louisiana at New Orleans; Ochsner Health System
The Marine Hospital Fund was founded in 1798; [1] it was reorganized into the Marine Hospital Service in 1871 and renamed the U.S. Public Health Service in 1912. The hospital system became part of the Public Health Service's Bureau of Medical Services when it was created in 1943. The number of major hospitals peaked at thirty in 1943, and ...
Hospital closures dropped during the pandemic, from a record 18 closures in 2020 to a combined eight closures in 2021 and 2022, according to the Cecil G. Sheps Center for Health Services Research ...
The Hospital Sisters of St. Francis arrived in Eau Claire and started a hospital in the home of James Fitzpatrick in 1889, with a full-fledged hospital built a year later. St. Joseph’s Hospital ...
The service issued storm surge watches or warnings along the Gulf Coast of Louisiana, Mississippi and Alabama. About 200 miles (322 km) west of New Orleans in coastal Cameron Parish, Louisiana, a ...
August 6, 2001 – Tropical Storm Barry causes tides of 2–3 ft (0.61–0.91 m) along the southeastern coast of Louisiana before it makes landfall on Santa Rosa Beach, Florida on August 6. Prior to making landfall, tropical storm watches and warnings are issued along the Gulf Coast, west to New Orleans. [12]
Francine made landfall over the Louisiana coast as a Category 2 hurricane early Wednesday evening before quickly weakening to a tropical storm. Maps show Tropical Storm Francine's path and ...