Disaster Leaves Thousands dead

With out hospitals like the Charity Hospital in New Orleans, many would have gone with out any sort of health care because they could not simply afford it. After Katrina hit wounding and killing thousands Charity hospital that took care of mostly uninsured patients was forced to be shut down. Charity Hospital in New Orleans served as a haven for generations of uninsured patients, and when it closed after Katrina, that population lost its entry point to acute medical care. A few services for the indigent, including labor and delivery of newborns, have returned to the city, but uninsured patients needing an orthopedist, neurologist or other specialist now face the difficult choice of traveling to a Charity hospital in another part of the state or relying on clinic directors such as Bultman to cobble together a solution through informal relationships with other providers. (Nola.com) this is unfortunate the citizens of New Orleans that could not originally afford health care were now homeless and left with nothing. As one of our biggest natural disasters our poor American brothers and sisters went un helped.