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"Broken Levees, Broken Lives"...the Post-Katrina Focus on Health
Three years after Hurricane Katrina, the people of New Orleans are still waiting...
Even though flooding only occurred in the basement, which was cleaned up and ready to reopen in October of 2005, the famous Charity Hospital in New Orleans remains closed in 2008 as the Louisiana State University (LSU) systems office and the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) squabble over plans to build a newer, prettier hospital—a project which would take years and millions of dollars to complete while Charity stands empty.
Meanwhile, the people of NOLA rely heavily on free health clinics, or wait in long lines to be seen at smaller remaining hospitals while their health deteriorates. Many Americans are unaware that Charity is the second-largest hospital in the nation, and had been serving as the primary trauma center for all of southern Louisiana. They also may be unaware, as Dr. James Moises highlights in the video, that there is a national trend to close public hospitals like Charity, marking the end of our public health safety net as we know it.
Will America be ready for the next disaster?
"We're still not prepared," says Kim Lange, a New Orleans native and nurse practitioner featured in the video. "We need a national healthcare system that has the capability of stepping in at the time of impact and providing the healthcare services needed."
Regardless of age, socioeconomic status, religion, cultural background, or race, we all must face the fears of illness, aging, and death. Guaranteed universal healthcare for everyone in America is the only compassionate solution!
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Related News:
Fixing Charity is the faster, cheaper option, study says
But state supporting brand-new hospital
The Times-Picayune 08/21/08
http://www.calnurses.org/media-center/in-the-news/2008/august/fixing-charity-is-the-faster-cheaper-option-study-says.html
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New Orleans braces for hurricane Gustav on Katrina anniversary
Times Online 08/28/08
http://www.calnurses.org/media-center/in-the-news/2008/august/new-orleans-braces-for-hurricane-on-katrina-anniversary.html
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Three Years Post-Katrina, New Orleans in Healthcare Crisis and Bracing for Gustav - Nurses release anniversary video documenting the crisis
CNA/NNOC Press Release 08/28/08
http://www.calnurses.org/media-center/press-releases/2008/august/three-years-post-katrina-new-orleans-faces-growing-healthcare-crisis.html
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A CNA/NNOC Presentation
Colette Washington, Producer / Director
Jay Johnson, Cinematographer / Editor
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Channel: News & Politics Uploaded: August 26, 2008 at 11:35 am Author:calnurses
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unionmaidn(Wednesday 3rd of September 2008 12:53:44 PM)
What a thoughtful, moving documentary. Thank you to CNA/NNOC.
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calnurses(Tuesday 2nd of September 2008 12:57:06 PM)
Martin Luther King, Jr. once famously said, "of all the forms of inequality, injustice in healthcare is the most shocking and most inhumane."
Regardless of age, socioeconomic status, religion, cultural background, or race, we all must face the fears of illness, aging, and death. Guaranteed universal healthcare for everyone in America is the only compassionate solution!
May we find forgiveness in our hearts for the ignorant, fear-based, all-out RACIST comments made below?
G0FUCKURM0THER(Monday 1st of September 2008 07:10:44 PM)
they should burn that shit nigger city to the ground and save us white hard working tax payers some money
lt4vette96(Sunday 31st of August 2008 09:27:50 PM)
fuck new orleans. they re-elected the mayor that knew the levees were bad and misspent the money for them anyway and he didn't do a damn thing to get anyone out...and then they re-elect his ass??? fuck them, they deserve what they have. they voted for it in fact.
I don't understand how New Orleans can survive without it's major trauma hospital ior decent healthcare system. W.T.F. is going on down there ? They reopened the Superdome (etc.) but no REAL major hospital for the city....PURE B.S.!! What a shame
