Physician-assisted deaths reported in New Orleans

The Attorney General of Louisiana said he will investigate reports of physician- assisted deaths at hospitals in New Orleans earlier this month during the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina. No additional details were provided. Scores of patients died at hospitals and nursing homes around the city at the height of the crisis as power failed in intensive care units and life support systems keeping patients alive shut down. Observers said it is possible that hospital and nursing home staff may have allowed patients to die or helped them to do so out of a sense of compassion.

- see this article from NOLA.com

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