If this report is correct, it is a gross miscarriage of justice and will result in more nurses and physicians leaving the healthcare profession, leading not only to staff shortages but also to rotten pain management for the terminally ill.
AP via MSNBC: Doctor, 2 nurses charged in Katrina deaths
Suspects arrested in connection with alleged killing of hospital patients
NEW ORLEANS – A doctor and two nurses have been arrested in connection with the deaths of patients at a New Orleans hospital after Hurricane Katrina hit the city last year, the Louisiana attorney general’s office said Tuesday.
The three were arrested late Monday and booked on suspicion of second-degree murder, said Kris Wartelle, a spokeswoman for Attorney General Charles C. Foti.
Expanded version of article: AP via Washington Post
Full article by AP via NOLA: Arrested on four counts of “principal to second-degree murder” were 3 women: Anna Pou MD, Cheri Landry (RN?) and Lori Budo (RN?).