“As floodwaters consumed their hospitals, nurses and doctors throughout New Orleans took heroic measures to save hundreds of patients. But could the facilities’ owners still be liable for the effects of the disaster? Dallas-based Tenet Healthcare Corp. may be among several companies soon facing litigation over deaths inside their hospitals in the hurricane-stricken region.” (Sudeep Reddy, Dallas Morning News, Sept. 15 (reg); Rene Goux (Memorial Medical Center CEO), “At the bottom of the ‘bowl'”, Sept. 12; “In flood, hospital becomes a hell”, Sept. 4)(via Donna Rovito).
Katrina: “hospitals likely to face litigation”
“As floodwaters consumed their hospitals, nurses and doctors throughout New Orleans took heroic measures to save hundreds of patients. But could the facilities’ owners still be liable for the effects of the disaster? Dallas-based Tenet Healthcare Corp. may be among several companies soon facing litigation over deaths inside their hospitals in the hurricane-stricken region.” (Sudeep […]
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