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Pulitzer Prize winner Sheri Finks landmark investigation of patient deaths at a New Orleans hospital ravaged by Hurricane Katrina and her suspenseful portrayal of the quest for truth and justice
In the tradition of the best investigative journalism, physician and reporter Sheri Fink 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.
Five Days at Memorial, the culmination of six years of reporting, unspools the mystery of what happened in those days, bringing the reader into a hospital fighting for its life and into a conversation about the most terrifying form of health care rationing.
In a voice at once involving and fair, masterful and intimate, Fink 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 disastersand how we can do better. A remarkable book, engrossing from start to finish, Five Days at Memorial radically transforms your understanding of human nature in crisis.
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ALSO BY SHERI FINK
War Hospital: A True Story of Surgery and Survival
Copyright 2013 by Sheri Fink
All rights reserved.
Published in the United States by Crown Publishers, an imprint of the Crown Publishing Group, a division of Random House, Inc., New York.
www.crownpublishing.com
CROWN and the Crown colophon are registered trademarks of Random House, Inc.
The Deadly Choices at Memorial, by Sheri Fink. Copyright 2009 by Pro Publica, Inc. All rights reserved. Portions reprinted by kind permission of Pro Publica, Inc. First published in the New York Times Magazine.
Flu Nightmare: In Severe Pandemic, Officials Ponder Disconnecting Ventilators From Some Patients, by Sheri Fink. Copyright 2009 by Pro Publica, Inc. All rights reserved. Portions reprinted by kind permission of Pro Publica, Inc.
Rationing Medical Care: Health Officials Struggle With Setting Standards, by Sheri Fink. Copyright 2009 by Pro Publica, Inc. All rights reserved. Portions reprinted by kind permission of Pro Publica, Inc. First published on MinnPost.com.
Preparing for a Pandemic, State Health Departments Struggle with Rationing Decisions, by Sheri Fink. Copyright 2009 by Pro Publica, Inc. All rights reserved. Portions reprinted by kind permission of Pro Publica, Inc. First published in the New York Times.
Doctors Face Ethical Decisions in Haiti and Rationing Health in Disasters, by Sheri Fink. Copyright 2010 by Sheri Fink. All rights reserved. First broadcast on PRIs The World.
In Hurricanes Wake, Decisions Not to Evacuate Hospitals Raise Questions, by Sheri Fink. Copyright 2012 by Sheri Fink. All rights reserved. First published on ProPublica.org.
Beyond Hurricane Heroics: What Sandy Has to Teach Us All About Preparedness, by Sheri Fink. Copyright 2013 by Sheri Fink. All rights reserved. First published in Stanford Medicine Magazine.
Photo of Memorial Medical Center complex, viewed from the south side, on Thursday September 1, 2005. Brad Loper /Dallas Morning News
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data is available upon request.
eISBN: 978-0-307-71898-3
Maps by Jeffrey L. Ward
Cover design by Chris Brand
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For Mary Fink,
every living moment
Affiliations listed as at the time of the events in the book.
Relatives listed only if they appear in the book.
Doctors (many on staff at both Memorial and LifeCare)
Dr. Bill ArmingtonNeuroradiologist
Dr. Horace BaltzInternal medicine specialist, one of the longest-serving medical staff members present for storm
Dr. Reuben ChrestmanMedical staff president; on vacation
Dr. Ewing CookChief medical officer, retired pulmonologist experienced in critical care medicine
Minnie Cook, wife, former surgical intensive care unit nurse
Stephanie Meibaum, daughter, current surgical intensive care unit nurse
Dr. Roy CulottaPulmonologist and critical care specialist; grandmother sheltering at LifeCare
Dr. Richard E. DeichmannChairman, Department of Medical Services
Dr. Kathleen FournierInternal medicine specialist
Dr. Juan Jorge GershanikNeonatologist
Dr. Bryant KingInternal medicine specialist
Dr. John KokemorInternal medicine specialist; former coroner assistant under Dr. Frank Minyard
Dr. Anna Maria PouOtolaryngologist; head and neck surgeon, specialist in cancer surgery
Vincent Panepinto, husband
Peggy Perino, sister
Dr. Frederick Pou, father
Frederick Pou Jr., brother
Jeanette Pou, mother
Jeannie Pou, sister
Michael Pou, brother
Dr. Paul PrimeauxAnesthesiologist
Dr. John SkinnerPathologist
Dr. John ThielePulmonologist experienced in critical care medicine
Dr. John J. Walsh Jr.Chairman, Department of Surgical Services
Memorial Medical Center
Nurses
Lori BudoSurgical intensive care unit nurse
Cathy GreenSurgical intensive care unit nurse
Thao LamMedical intensive care unit nurse Cheri
LandrySurgical intensive care unit nurse
Patients and Their Family Members (ages and locations as of time of storm)
Helen Breckenridge77, intensive care unit, eighth floor
Jannie Burgess79, intensive care unit, eighth floor
Linette Burgess Guidi, daughter
Johnny Clark, brother
Gladys Clark Smith, sister
Bertha Mitchell, niece
Essie Cavalier79, fourth-floor medical ward
Donna Cotham41, fourth-floor medical ward
Tesfalidet Ewale66, intensive care unit, eighth floor
Merle Lagasse76, fourth-floor medical ward Karen Lagasse, daughter
Rodney Scott63, intensive care unit, eighth floor
Hospital Administrators, Managers, and Nonclinical Staff
Fran ButlerNurse manager of fourth-floor west and south medical and surgical units
Sandra CordrayCommunity relations manager; designated communication leader for Hurricane Katrina
Mary Jo DAmicoOperating-room nurse manager
Curtis DoschChief financial officer Sean
FowlerChief operating officer
L. Ren GouxChief executive officer
David HeikampLaboratory director
Father John MarseChaplain
Susan MulderickNursing director, head of emergency preparedness committee, designated incident commander for Hurricane Katrina
Karen WynnNurse manager of the intensive care units; head of hospital ethics committee
Eric YancovichPlant operations director and part of emergency leadership team
Tenet Corporate Officials
Michael ArvinBusiness development director for TexasGulf Coast region
Trevor FetterPresident and chief executive officer
Bob SmithSenior vice president for operations in the TexasGulf Coast region
LifeCare
Seventh Floor
Patients and Their Family Members
Hollis Alford66
Wilmer Cooley82
Emmett Everett61
Carrie Everett, wife
Carrie (MaDear) Hall78
George Huard91
Alice Hutzler90
Elvira LeBlanc82
Mark and Sandra LeBlanc, son and daughter-in-law
Wilda McManus70
Angela McManus, daughter
Elaine Nelson90
Craig Nelson, son
Kathryn Nelson, daughter
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