The book that finally gives a physician's inside story of the
evacuation of Memorial Medical Center following Katrina - a
gripping tale of abandonment and survival.
A toxic stew of floodwaters surrounded Memorial Medical Center
in New Orleans after Katrina when the levees broke. Over two
thousand people were trapped in the squalid conditions without
security as the death toll steadily rose inside. Bodies stacked up
in the chapel as the temperature soared in the overcrowded hospital
and the situation became increasingly desperate. Doctors, nurses,
and staff worked around the clock, caring for those inside and
trying to evacuate the facility, also known as Baptist Hospital.
Allegations of euthanasia would later make headlines across the
country and be investigated by state and local officials.
"Code Blue: A Katrina Physician's Memoir" finally tells the
inside story of the hellish nightmare those who struggled to
survive the ordeal were cast into. Dr. Richard Deichmann, the
hospital's chief of medicine and one of the leaders of the
evacuation, gives his compelling account of the rapidly
deteriorating state of affairs at the hospital. He takes us through
the daily horrors and numbing disappointments. This gripping tale
of survival, despite betrayal and abandonment by the authorities,
may change forever the way you view the threat of a mass
disaster.
What Others are Saying about "Code Blue: A Katrina Physician's
Memoir"
As a physician who has been on hurricane duty for prior storms,
I thought I could imagine what it would be like if we were hit by a
severe storm. I was wrong. This book should serve as a warning
about what can happen when basic modern conveniences such as power,
running water, communications and safety are taken away. - Karen
Blessey, MD
With a scalpel's precision, Dr. Deichmann takes us into the
faltering heart of a huge New Orleans hospital - his hospital - as
Hurricane Katrina chokes off its vital functions, one by one, and
patients begin to die.
- Jed Horne, author of "Breach of Faith, Hurricane Katrina and the
Near Death of a Great American City." (Random House 2006)
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