Filthy conditions, no fuel, no security, no escape--no way to run the delicate machinery...I'm going to wait until all the facts are in before I believe a medical team went murderous.
"She was charged, not yet convicted."
As of today, though they have been accused, none of the three women have yet been charged with any crime. The grand jury in Orleans Parish could go with the second degree murder charge, decide on a lesser charge or even decide the case isn't worthy of prosecution.
From what I've heard locally, I think this is more possible than you want to believe.
What is MOST interesting is a conversation that a witness overheard on the ramp of the hospital. The gist of it was that the company managing the floor where these patients were supposedly told the doctors that patients in certain condition were not to be rescued. The doctor was overheard saying this was what was told her on a cellphone- and that she would 'take care of it'.
IF that is the case, those patients were intentionally euthanized.
And if the verdict is guilty, I would administer the same treatment to the doctor and two nurses.
This is VERY emotional for me. I lost my father due to Katrina. I KNOW the conditions( and the attitudes toward the elderly) in the hospitals here before and after the storm.
Yes, I believe those DNR patients were considered 'disposable.' DNR means 'do not resucitate', not 'help die.'