health facilities

Sheri Fink, a physician and reporter, provides a landmark investigation of patient deaths at a New Orleans hospital ravaged by Hurricane Katrina, and a suspenseful portrayal of the quest for truth and justice. She reconstructs 5 days at Memorial Medical Center and draws the reader into the lives of those who struggled mightily to survive and to maintain life amid chaos. After Katrina struck and the floodwaters rose, the power failed, and the heat climbed, exhausted caregivers chose to designate certain patients last for rescue. Months later, several health professionals faced criminal allegations that they deliberately injected numerous patients with drugs to hasten their deaths. She unspools the mystery of what happened in those days, of a hospital fighting for its life and into a conversation about the most terrifying form of health care rationing. In this book, she exposes the hidden dilemmas of end-of-life care and reveals just how ill-prepared we are in America for the impact of large-scale disasters, and how we can do better.

"Fourteen-year-old Indio McCracken enjoys instant stardom after his father post a video of him playing the guitar. Things quickly go sour when Indio's fame fuels his father's dream of raising the world's next Segovia. Robbed of a normal childhood, Indio desperately seeks escape online, creating an obsession that almost kills him. Facing school expulsion, or worse, Indio is shipped off to an addictions rehab center in the wilds of Northern Canada where the adventure of a lifetime awaits him."--Back cover.

Describes the hospital and its medical personnel, their role in the community. and the services provided by them.

After spending a year establishing and successfully running the local clinic, Doctor Clara Casey is hesitant to walk away from her rewarding position.

Describes the behind-the-scenes places of a hospital.

Presents the investigation of journalist Sheri Fink into allegations of doctors in New Orleans' Memorial Medical Center using drugs to speed the passing of triage patients in the wake of Hurricane Katrina, when the hospital staff was overwhelmed with difficulties due to the storm.