Broken Levees, Broken Lives: Katrina’s Healthcare Legacy
By admin on Feb 8, 2009 in Videos
Watch and Share this Compelling New Video Short:
“Broken Levees, Broken Lives”…the Post-Katrina Focus on Health
Three years after Hurricane Katrina, the people of New Orleans are still waiting…
Even though flooding only occurred in the basement, which was cleaned up and ready to reopen in October of 2005, the famous Charity Hospital in New Orleans remains closed in 2008 as the Louisiana State University (LSU) systems office and the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) squabble over plans to build a newer, prettier hospital—a project which would take years and millions of dollars to complete while Charity stands empty.
Meanwhile, the people of NOLA rely heavily on free health clinics, or wait in long lines to be seen at smaller remaining hospitals while their health deteriorates. Many Americans are unaware that Charity is the second-largest hospital in the nation, and had been serving as the primary trauma center for all of southern Louisiana. They also may be unaware, as Dr. James Moises highlights in the video, that there is a national trend to close public hospitals like Charity, marking the end of our public health safety net as we know it.
Will America be ready for the next disaster?
“We’re still not prepared,” says Kim Lange, a New Orleans native and nurse practitioner featured in the video. “We need a national healthcare system that has the capability of stepping in at the time of impact and providing the healthcare services needed.”
Regardless of age, socioeconomic status, religion, cultural background, or race, we all must face the fears of illness, aging, and death. Guaranteed universal healthcare for everyone in America is the only compassionate solution!
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Related News:
Fixing Charity is the faster, cheaper option, study says
But state supporting brand-new hospital
The Times-Picayune 08/21/08
http://www.calnurses.org/media-center/in-the-news/2008/august/fixing-charity-is-the-faster-cheaper-option-study-says.html
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New Orleans braces for hurricane Gustav on Katrina anniversary
Times Online 08/28/08
http://www.calnurses.org/media-center/in-the-news/2008/august/new-orleans-braces-for-hurricane-on-katrina-anniversary.html
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Three Years Post-Katrina, New Orleans in Healthcare Crisis and Bracing for Gustav – Nurses release anniversary video documenting the crisis
CNA/NNOC Press Release 08/28/08
http://www.calnurses.org/media-center/press-releases/2008/august/three-years-post-katrina-new-orleans-faces-growing-healthcare-crisis.html
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A CNA/NNOC Presentation
Colette Washington, Producer / Director
Jay Johnson, Cinematographer / Editor
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On Feb 12, 2009, CulturePeaceForever said:
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On Feb 16, 2009, unionmaidn said:
What a thoughtful, moving documentary. Thank you to CNA/NNOC.
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On Feb 20, 2009, calnurses said:
Martin Luther King, Jr. once famously said, “of all the forms of inequality, injustice in healthcare is the most shocking and most inhumane.”
Regardless of age, socioeconomic status, religion, cultural background, or race, we all must face the fears of illness, aging, and death. Guaranteed universal healthcare for everyone in America is the only compassionate solution!
May we find forgiveness in our hearts for the ignorant, fear-based, all-out RACIST comments made below?
On Feb 23, 2009, G0FUCKURM0THER said:
they should burn that shit nigger city to the ground and save us white hard working tax payers some money
On Feb 25, 2009, lt4vette96 said:
fuck new orleans. they re-elected the mayor that knew the levees were bad and misspent the money for them anyway and he didn’t do a damn thing to get anyone out…and then they re-elect his ass??? fuck them, they deserve what they have. they voted for it in fact.
On Feb 25, 2009, KarlaKayM said:
This is horribly sad and disgraceful…..why has this not been rectified? Why doesn’t the news report this kind of stuff?
On Feb 28, 2009, garycalgary said:
i had no idea Charity Hospital was still closed 3 years later.
Which must mean a lot of people in the city have to go elsewhere for care
On Mar 2, 2009, janebusby said:
Don’t worry NEW ORLEANS, Bush will care about you this year… it’s election year.
On Mar 3, 2009, seand67 said:
I don’t understand how New Orleans can survive without it’s major trauma hospital ior decent healthcare system. W.T.F. is going on down there ? They reopened the Superdome (etc.) but no REAL major hospital for the city….PURE B.S.!! What a shame
On Mar 4, 2009, skrammy28 said:
A vote for Nader is a vote for single payer health care! Neither corporate candidate will ever take the profit and exploitation out of health care.
On Mar 5, 2009, RN4MERCY said:
Really sad and shameful. This video is a powerful testimony to the fact that there’s something wrong with health care in America. Thanks for your advocacy and for working to inspire us to do the right thing. As a people, we must reinvest in and restore the public health system. Equality and equal access to health care, based on need; imagine that! We don’t have to imagine it though, it’s legislation: HR 676. Congress must pass it; the President must sign it. Obama said he would; we won’t forget!
On Mar 8, 2009, hms08KY said:
Send this to Barack Obama.
We must put an end to our current multi-insurer mess. Enact HR 676. Give us a humane, equitable single payer health care system–taxpayer funded, with choice of doctor and hospital. No person a charity case, no hospital a charity hospital.
In the event of another Katrina, or an epidemic, everyone would have access to care in nearby towns. I call on physicians nationwide to join PNHP today. Stand with your colleagues from New Orleans, and with the CA nurses.
On Mar 9, 2009, writechic said:
Thanks for doing this. I didn’t know this was the fate of Charity.
On Mar 11, 2009, IWW610 said:
This is what happens when health care is a cost / profit analysis.
On Mar 14, 2009, MsGeek703 said:
OMG this is horrible. Why is Charity Hospital still idle? This is absolutely sinful.
On Mar 18, 2009, eastbayjay said:
This is a very powerful and moving video.
On Mar 20, 2009, lisebethann said:
GREAT MOVING VIDEO….would love to see more footage sometime. HR 676 Now!