Tuesday, October 09, 2012

This week's burning question

This:

Now, the threat of a breakdown in the city's medical services is real....very fucking real.  I think perhaps even more so than in the immediate aftermath of Katrina.  Jindal has just turned off life support to an already overwhelmed hospital system in the city.  Tulane Medical Center will, no doubt, become overloaded in short order.  I think this could turn into a crisis very quickly.

My question is...where are all the Save Charity folks now?  Where are all the people who claimed their real concern was the state of health care in the city?  Was the whole Save Charity campaign really about what was best for the city or was it simply about the nostalgia for brick and mortar?  Why aren't those people launching a campaign to "Save LSU Medical Center in New Orleans"?
Dambala asked the above yesterday.  Since then we've circulated the question around the various parallel internets.  So far my favorite answer I've gotten is the "Save Charity" ringleaders have gone on to grad school. One thing our neglected crumbling impoverished city can do is launch academic or entertainment careers for people willing to take advantage.

1 comment:

  1. swampwoman8:45 PM

    maybe the Save Charity campaign was just an exercise in service learning...

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