The Causes Of Hurricane Katrina

In the rare event that a sudden natural crisis such as a hurricane or earthquake occurs, the possibility exists that even large hospitals could be overwhelmed. In 2005, floodwaters from Hurricane Katrina inundated the urban city of New Orleans and most of its various hospitals experienced power outages. Those outages left the medical staff truly scrambling to care for the various and sundry patients who required life supporting machine. In fact, time wise, the particular situation at Memorial Medical Center was so desperate that they had to have back-up generators delivered by the National Guard to ensure that the hospital could stay in