The government is being sued for negligence in Katrina's aftermath

Dr. Hebert takes exception:

Ms. Freeman’s death was a very famous event. You know her, even if you do not think you know her. Pictures of her body, slumped in a wheelchair and draped with a blanket, made the lead news story on every continent a year ago. She will remain one of the enduring images of Hurricane Katrina in the minds of everyone in the city, and for many people throughout the world. It is a shame to see her memory cheapened by what is nothing more than a money grab.

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Anonymous
Ahh the american national pasttime. Sueing, now even for acts of God (Hurricanes). The City is hardly starting to resurrect itself now it is being subjected to suits. Methinks the lawyers are smelling money.
Anonymous
Those damn lawyers are starting to act like physicians!
Anonymous
It’s interesting to contrast the blind defense of a doctor accused, by another healthcare worker, of euthanasia v. the scorn on this guy, whose mother endured:
“Ethel Freeman, who had broken her hip in 2000, was bedridden and had a feeding tube attached to her stomach. Because of her fragile health, her son said he thought it would be imprudent to move her when the city called a mandatory evacuation, one day before the storm made landfall Aug. 29. The two waited in their house but had to leave Aug. 30 when rising water from breached levees began lapping at their doorstep.
Freeman said he found a boat and placed his mother and her wheelchair inside. Police stopped them and told them to head to the convention center.
Once they reached the shelter, they found teeming crowds and no food, water, medical supplies or buses. A police officer told Freeman to put his mother outside because buses were on the way.
“He told me, `We’ll put her outside so that she can be first in line.’ I said, `How long will it be?’ He said, `Maybe an hour. Maybe two,’” Freeman said.
They waited outside in the searing heat for almost 24 hours before she died Sept. 1, Freeman said.
“I tried to shake her. I tried to look to see if she was breathing. I checked on her neck. I even tried to push on her chest to get her to come back. I was howling, `Ma! Ma! Wake up!’” he said.
For four days, Freeman watched over her body before he was ordered at gunpoint to leave her, after buses finally arrived, he said. Another evacuee had given him a poncho, which he lay over his mother, covering her face.”
Physicians are all about protecting their own.
Anonymous
“Physicians are all about protecting their own”
Docs were never mentioned in the article yet that’s your conclusion? Well let’s not let the facts get in the way of your agenda shall we.
Anonymous
I’m referring to the posters.
Anonymous
I don’t read that anywhere. What posters are you talking about?
Anonymous
The posters in his head.
Anonymous
The posters on this site. You must be new.
Anonymous
I guess rading isn’t your strong suit. The above poster’s say nothing about MD’s protecting their own. But hey, why let the truth get in the way of your agenda.
Anonymous
He and his mother went through hell and back, no doubt. God bless that poor lady. There is pain and suffering all around the country, all around the world, each and every day. It isn’t always someone’s fault. Death and misfortune are normal. Sad, but normal. The question is not whether or not his story is tragic or heartbreaking- of course it is. The question is whether someone (the government) owes him money because he suffered. I don’t think a lawsuit is the answer. The OP makes a good point- if this lawsuit is successful, then there are thousands and thousands of others who have (or will think they have) as equally compelling a case.
BTW I’m as baffled as anyone else about that “doctors protecting their own” line. What does that have to do with this thread?
Anonymous
Anon 1:03, for those of you new to the blog, is a malcontent with some deep-seated envy and disdain for the medical profession, painting with a profession-wide brush. With more conspiracy theories than the X-files, this poster insists on stirring the pot, generalizing grievances to all physicians. Sort of like Hitler and the Jews. I would regard these posts with equal disdain.

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