Sheri Fink - Five Days at Memorial

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Pulitzer Prize winner Sheri Fink’s 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 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 disasters—and how we can do better. A remarkable book, engrossing from start to finish,
radically transforms your understanding of human nature in crisis.

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Sheri Fink

FIVE DAYS AT MEMORIAL

Life and Death in a Storm-Ravaged Hospital

For Mary Fink,

every living moment

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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 Armington—Neuroradiologist

Dr. Horace Baltz—Internal medicine specialist, one of the longest-serving medical staff members present for storm

Dr. Reuben Chrestman—Medical staff president; on vacation

Dr. Ewing Cook—Chief 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 Culotta—Pulmonologist and critical care specialist; grandmother sheltering at LifeCare

Dr. Richard E. Deichmann—Chairman, Department of Medical Services

Dr. Kathleen Fournier—Internal medicine specialist

Dr. Juan Jorge Gershanik—Neonatologist

Dr. Bryant King—Internal medicine specialist

Dr. John Kokemor—Internal medicine specialist; former coroner assistant under Dr. Frank Minyard

Dr. Anna Maria Pou—Otolaryngologist; 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 Primeaux—Anesthesiologist

Dr. John Skinner—Pathologist

Dr. John Thiele—Pulmonologist experienced in critical care medicine

Dr. John J. Walsh Jr.—Chairman, Department of Surgical Services

Memorial Medical Center

Nurses

Lori Budo—Surgical intensive care unit nurse

Cathy Green—Surgical intensive care unit nurse

Thao Lam—Medical intensive care unit nurse Cheri

Landry—Surgical intensive care unit nurse

Patients and Their Family Members (ages and locations as of time of storm)

Helen Breckenridge—77, intensive care unit, eighth floor

Jannie Burgess—79, intensive care unit, eighth floor

• Linette Burgess Guidi, daughter

• Johnny Clark, brother

• Gladys Clark Smith, sister

• Bertha Mitchell, niece

Essie Cavalier—79, fourth-floor medical ward

Donna Cotham—41, fourth-floor medical ward

Tesfalidet Ewale—66, intensive care unit, eighth floor

Merle Lagasse—76, fourth-floor medical ward Karen Lagasse, daughter

Rodney Scott—63, intensive care unit, eighth floor

Hospital Administrators, Managers, and Nonclinical Staff

Fran Butler—Nurse manager of fourth-floor west and south medical and surgical units

Sandra Cordray—Community relations manager; designated communication leader for Hurricane Katrina

Mary Jo D’Amico—Operating-room nurse manager

Curtis Dosch—Chief financial officer Sean

Fowler—Chief operating officer

L. René Goux—Chief executive officer

David Heikamp—Laboratory director

Father John Marse—Chaplain

Susan Mulderick—Nursing director, head of emergency preparedness committee, designated incident commander for Hurricane Katrina

Karen Wynn—Nurse manager of the intensive care units; head of hospital ethics committee

Eric Yancovich—Plant operations director and part of emergency leadership team

Tenet Corporate Officials

Michael Arvin—Business development director for Texas–Gulf Coast region

Trevor Fetter—President and chief executive officer

Bob Smith—Senior vice president for operations in the Texas–Gulf Coast region

LifeCare
Seventh Floor

Patients and Their Family Members

Hollis Alford—66

Wilmer Cooley—82

Emmett Everett—61

• Carrie Everett, wife

Carrie (Ma’Dear) Hall—78

George Huard—91

Alice Hutzler—90

Elvira LeBlanc—82

• Mark and Sandra LeBlanc, son and daughter-in-law

Wilda McManus—70

• Angela McManus, daughter

Elaine Nelson—90

• Craig Nelson, son

• Kathryn Nelson, daughter

John Russell—80

Rose Savoie—90

• Doug Savoie, grandson

• Lou Anne Savoie Jacob, daughter

Ireatha Watson—89

LifeCare Nurses and Therapists

Cindy Chatelain—Registered nurse

Andre Gremillion—Registered nurse

Terence Stahelin—Respiratory therapist

Hospital Administrators, Directors, and Nonclinical Staff

Tim Burke—Administrator for LifeCare Hospitals of New Orleans; not present at hospital for the storm

Steven Harris—Pharmacist

Gina Isbell—Nursing director, LifeCare Chalmette campus, relocated to Baptist (Memorial) before the storm

Kristy Johnson—Physical medicine director

Therese Mendez—Nurse executive

Diane Robichaux—Assistant administrator, incident commander

Dr. John Wise—Medical director; absent for the storm

LifeCare Corporate Officials

Robbye Dubois—Corporate senior vice president for clinical services; in Shreveport, LA

People Involved in the Investigation

Louisiana Attorney General’s Office

Attorney General Charles Foti

Julie Cullen—Assistant attorney general, head of criminal division

Virginia Rider—Special agent, Medicaid Fraud Control Unit; lead investigator, Memorial case

Arthur “Butch” Schafer—Assistant attorney general, Medicaid Fraud Control Unit; lead prosecutor, Memorial case

Kris Wartelle—Public information director

US Department of Health and Human Services, Office of the Inspector General

Artie Delaneuville—Special agent

Orleans Parish District Attorney’s Office

Eddie J. Jordan Jr.—District attorney

Michael Morales—Assistant district attorney; lead prosecutor, Memorial case

Craig Famularo—Assistant district attorney, senior to Morales

Orleans Parish Coroner’s Office

Dr. Frank Minyard—Coroner

Forensic Consultants

Dr. Michael Baden—Forensic pathologist, New York City

Dr. Frank Brescia—Oncologist, palliative care specialist, Medical University of South Carolina

Arthur Caplan—Bioethicist; chairman, Department of Medical Ethics, and director of the Center for Bioethics at the University of Pennsylvania (until 2012; now at New York University)

Dr. Steven B. Karch—Cardiac pathologist; former assistant medical examiner, San Francisco, CA Dr. Robert Middleberg—Laboratory director, National Medical Services, Inc.

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