Doctor Norman McSwain says he and his colleagues at Charity Hospital have turned to The AP as a last resort. McSwain says he tried calling the mayor and the governor, using any inside pressure possible, to no avail.
McSwain says theres minimal water. The food amounts to fruit bowl punch. The scene is similar at University hospital.
Another doctor, Lee Hamm, says somehow the two public facilities have been forgotten -- or ignored.
But a second section will take longer because of difficulties ferrying equipment and material to that part of the city.
Corps commander Carl Strock says the focus is to stop the water from entering the city so that draining can begin.
Who's doing the looting? Crooks or New Orleans police officers?