Katrina medical volunteers, cont’d

by Walter Olson on March 19, 2006

“Dozens of federally insured medical providers have been blocked from helping the Gulf Coast recover from Hurricane Katrina because their medical liability protection doesn’t apply outside their own states.” (”Law keeps federally insured doctors on sidelines in disasters”, AP/Biloxi Sun-Herald, Feb. 9). More on Katrina medical volunteers: Sept. 19, Sept. 6, Sept. 2, Aug. 31.

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1 bird dog 03.19.06 at 7:10 am

Wouldnt that be covered by Good Samaritan laws?

C. Gardner, MD

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