SPOTLIGHT: New Orleans hospitals struggling

The New England Journal of Medicine reports on the struggles facing the New Orleans healthcare system, or what's left of it. The population since Katrina is down 24 percent, but only 15 of 22 hospitals are still open, and there are only 2,000 beds, or under 2 per 1,000 people, compared to 4,500 or 3.26 per 1,000. In addition, uncompensated care has skyrocketed and many physicians and nurses have left. Report

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