My understanding of the case is that the patients involved were in an hospice program, which means that they were near death before the storm. The hospital's generator failed rather quickly post-K so these patients were in for a very painful and horrible death because of the conditions. Additionally, the doctor who brought these allegations to public attention is a publicity hound whose story has changed 97 times since he appeared on CNN last fall.
No crimes were committed at Memorial Hospital last fall. The doctors and nurses did the best they could in truly horrible conditions. They were stranded at that hospital for nearly a week and inevitably some of the sickest patients died. It's a tragedy but whatever happened at the hospital, no crimes were committed.
I have to admit.. charging doctors and nurses who stayed behind during Katina with homicide seems a bit far reaching. If this is a publicity stunt on Foti's part it's a particularly shameful one.
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