Hurricane Georges and New Orleans hospitals: preparing for killer storm--Part II.
In last month's issue, in Part I, we described the experiences of three New Orleans, LA, hospitals in preparing for and coping with one of the worst potential storms in years. As will be seen, each of the three hospitals featured in Part II faced problems that were both foreseen and unforeseen--some of which required considerable ingenuity to solve, requiring rethinking of prior policies.
D004189:Disaster Planning; D004190:Disasters; D006786:Hospitals, Urban / Q000458:organization & administration*; D008145:Louisiana; D016134:Organizational Policy; D010299:Parking Facilities; D012637:Security Measures