Wednesday, April 19, 2006

NOLA Healthcare! Are We Still In AMERICA?

NOLA Healthcare
Story aired: Wednesday, April 19, 2006

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New Orleans is struggling to meet the health care needs of its poorest residents several months after Hurricane Katrina devastated the city.

A study released this week by the Mailman School of Public Health at Columbia University and the Children's Health Fund says families displaced by the storm are suffering higher rates of medical problems than the rest of the population.

The study backs up the experiences of two doctors who have been helping to rebuild the healthcare infrastructure in New Orleans.

In the April 13th issue of The New England Journal of Medicine, the doctors describe an environment where patients are treated in tents and department stores -- and at one point even the zoo.

Guests:


Dr. Ruth Berggren, who worked at the HIV unit at Charity Hospital in New Orleans which is still closed. She's also associate professor of infectious diseases at Tulane University Medical School

Dr. Tyler Curiel, professor of hematology and medical oncology at Tulane University Medical School

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