What threw me off was in the middle of the book I read about the author and her dealings with Dr. Pou outside of the book. You'd think that if your hospital were below water level, you might keep your generators somewhere other than the basement. *I am from the New Orleans area and was one of the many thousands who evacuated for Hurricane Katrina. Years of life saved? It will make you think about the difficulties of life and death decisions in the face of extreme circumstances.


You'd think. “Life and death in the critical first hours of a calamity typically hinged on the preparedness, resources, and abilities of those in the affected community with the power to help themselves and others in their vicinity.

I was also one of the large population of locals who were offended and dismayed when then-Attorney General Charles Foti arrested a doctor and two nurses who had been at the flooded Memorial hospital during the disaster. Though provoking Well written and leaves the reader stunned at timesi used this book to start a book club the result was lots of good discussion

Thus I do not think this is a fair or neutral assessment of what happened during this tragedy.

The uneven media coverage, focusing almost exclusively on New Orleans while ignoring the rest of the Gulf Coast was (and remains) hard to take.

From the first chapter of this book, it is evident that Ms. Fink believes Mrs. Pou and the nurses to be at fault for the deaths that occurred at Memorial in the days following Hurricane Katrina.

Disorganized account. I listened to the audio book while commuting and couldn't wait to get back in my car. This book is a mess, a train wreck kind of mess. I did not become outraged, however, until the DA's office mishandled the grand jury, the medical examiner took it upon himself to disagree with ALL of the several experts he hired to look into the case (who all found at least 9 patient deaths to be homicides) because he thought it was best for the city, and the medical community at large circled the wagons to protect their own at the expense of the truth. Five Days at Memorial a book by Sheri Fink on medical ethics and a breakdown in a large Hospital during the Katrina hurricane in New Orleans when portions of civil society fail.
Select your address Some of the decisions made regarding how the patients were to be handled came into question when reports of patients being euthanized near the end surfaced later.

Natural disaster, medicine, corporate hierarchies, crime, law, media -- they feed and play off of each other. Most recently, her coverage of the 2012 hurricane season and its effects on the health care systems of New York City and New Orleans won the Mike Berger Award from Columbia Journalism School and the beat reporting award from the AssociaDr.

Verified Purchase.

You'd think lessons painfully learned almost 80 years before in your city would cause you to have an emergency plan in place in case of flooding.

Well researched and written, I highly recommend this book to anyone interested in learning about the aftermath of hurricane Katrina, disaster preparedness, and medical ethics. I've read several other books about Hurricane Katrina and the horrific aftermath and wanted to see what this book could add to the picture.

Five Days At Memorial is a powerful, balanced and clearly written (if slightly dry) account of the lives lost – or irrevocably altered – in a New Orleans hospital after Hurricane Katrina hit. Fink is an amazing story-teller.View a two minute video demonstration of BCP Builder’s Online There were such limited resources available for these poor people and the sight of their faces is one I have not forgotten. There were such limited resources available for these poor people and the sight of their faces is one I have not forgotten.

You'd think lessons painfully learned almost 80 years before in your city would cause you to have an emergency plan in place in case of flooding.

NOT the events depicted therein. And that is my favorite thing about this book.


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