Six days in Charity Hospital: two doctors' ordeal in Hurricane Katrina.
Hurricane Katrina devastated the city of New Orleans as well as a large section of the Gulf Coastal region of the United States. Herein, we present a first-hand view of physicians who were actually running the hospital of a major medical center during this natural disaster. This event demonstrates the vulnerability of basic human services, including health care even in industrialized, wealthy countries.
Leder
Henry Alexander
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Department of Ophthalmology, Louisiana State University, New Orleans, USA. Leder@cox.net
Rivera
Pedro
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