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Five days at Memorial
Life and Death in a Storm-Ravaged Hospital
Book • 2013
This non-fiction book by Sheri Fink explores the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina at Memorial Medical Center in New Orleans.
It details the five days from August 28 to September 1, 2005, when the hospital was ravaged by the storm, leading to inadequate emergency plans, power failures, and the difficult decisions made by medical staff.
The book examines the triage system, the alleged euthanasia of critically ill patients, and the subsequent legal and ethical investigations.
Fink's work is based on extensive research, including over 500 interviews and a Pulitzer Prize-winning article published in The New York Times Magazine in 2009.
It details the five days from August 28 to September 1, 2005, when the hospital was ravaged by the storm, leading to inadequate emergency plans, power failures, and the difficult decisions made by medical staff.
The book examines the triage system, the alleged euthanasia of critically ill patients, and the subsequent legal and ethical investigations.
Fink's work is based on extensive research, including over 500 interviews and a Pulitzer Prize-winning article published in The New York Times Magazine in 2009.
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