title: Six days in Charity Hospital: two doctors' ordeal in Hurricane Katrina.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Ophthalmology, Louisiana State University, New Orleans, LA, USA. Leder@cox.net
authors.forename: Henry Alexander
authors.initials: HA
authors.lastname: Leder
authors.forename: Pedro
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Rivera