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DUK10051011_016
FEATURE - Verlassenes Spital bei New Orleans
Abandoned Charity Hospital
Charity Hospital was founded in 1736, a public hospital built to care for the poor residents in the area.
By the 20th century, the city of New Orleans was rapidly expanding, and the demand for indigent medical services again exceeded Charity Hospital capacity. The current hospital building was completed and opened in 1939, and was the second largest hospital in the United States at the time. Serving one of the largest populations of uninsured citizens, Charity Hospital boasted the #2 Level I Trauma Center in the nation, with the #1 rank belonging to Cook County Hospital in Chicago, Illinois.
In 2005, Hurricane Katrina made landfall in Louisiana and initially, didn’t cause much damage to the city of New Orleans. On August 29, flood walls and levees catastrophically failed, many were broken well below their thresholds. Mayor Nagin described the loss of life as "significant" with reports of bodies floating on the water throughout the city, though primarily in the eastern portions.
Charity Hospital suffered severe flood damage during the storm. Bodies from the basement morgue floated down the halls, and doctors ordered to have them stacked in the stairwells.
The flood water trapped everyone inside, including patients and staff, for days without power and limited food, water, and medical supplies. Some patients were left to have to hand pump oxygen themselves. At one point, the most critical patients were paddled across the flood streets to a nearby parking deck where they were then carried up 7 flights of stairs to the top, where rescue helicopters were waiting. Many patients died there on the parking deck awaiting rescue. It wasn’t until nearly a week later that the last person was rescued from Charity Hospital.
After the storm, there was a large push to reopen the hospital. The National Guard and US Army Corps of Engineers decontaminated and cleaned the bottom floors of the hospital, pumping out the water from the basement, and brin
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DUK10051011_015
FEATURE - Verlassenes Spital bei New Orleans
Abandoned Charity Hospital
Charity Hospital was founded in 1736, a public hospital built to care for the poor residents in the area.
By the 20th century, the city of New Orleans was rapidly expanding, and the demand for indigent medical services again exceeded Charity Hospital capacity. The current hospital building was completed and opened in 1939, and was the second largest hospital in the United States at the time. Serving one of the largest populations of uninsured citizens, Charity Hospital boasted the #2 Level I Trauma Center in the nation, with the #1 rank belonging to Cook County Hospital in Chicago, Illinois.
In 2005, Hurricane Katrina made landfall in Louisiana and initially, didn’t cause much damage to the city of New Orleans. On August 29, flood walls and levees catastrophically failed, many were broken well below their thresholds. Mayor Nagin described the loss of life as "significant" with reports of bodies floating on the water throughout the city, though primarily in the eastern portions.
Charity Hospital suffered severe flood damage during the storm. Bodies from the basement morgue floated down the halls, and doctors ordered to have them stacked in the stairwells.
The flood water trapped everyone inside, including patients and staff, for days without power and limited food, water, and medical supplies. Some patients were left to have to hand pump oxygen themselves. At one point, the most critical patients were paddled across the flood streets to a nearby parking deck where they were then carried up 7 flights of stairs to the top, where rescue helicopters were waiting. Many patients died there on the parking deck awaiting rescue. It wasn’t until nearly a week later that the last person was rescued from Charity Hospital.
After the storm, there was a large push to reopen the hospital. The National Guard and US Army Corps of Engineers decontaminated and cleaned the bottom floors of the hospital, pumping out the water from the basement, and brin
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DUK10051011_014
FEATURE - Verlassenes Spital bei New Orleans
Abandoned Charity Hospital
Charity Hospital was founded in 1736, a public hospital built to care for the poor residents in the area.
By the 20th century, the city of New Orleans was rapidly expanding, and the demand for indigent medical services again exceeded Charity Hospital capacity. The current hospital building was completed and opened in 1939, and was the second largest hospital in the United States at the time. Serving one of the largest populations of uninsured citizens, Charity Hospital boasted the #2 Level I Trauma Center in the nation, with the #1 rank belonging to Cook County Hospital in Chicago, Illinois.
In 2005, Hurricane Katrina made landfall in Louisiana and initially, didn’t cause much damage to the city of New Orleans. On August 29, flood walls and levees catastrophically failed, many were broken well below their thresholds. Mayor Nagin described the loss of life as "significant" with reports of bodies floating on the water throughout the city, though primarily in the eastern portions.
Charity Hospital suffered severe flood damage during the storm. Bodies from the basement morgue floated down the halls, and doctors ordered to have them stacked in the stairwells.
The flood water trapped everyone inside, including patients and staff, for days without power and limited food, water, and medical supplies. Some patients were left to have to hand pump oxygen themselves. At one point, the most critical patients were paddled across the flood streets to a nearby parking deck where they were then carried up 7 flights of stairs to the top, where rescue helicopters were waiting. Many patients died there on the parking deck awaiting rescue. It wasn’t until nearly a week later that the last person was rescued from Charity Hospital.
After the storm, there was a large push to reopen the hospital. The National Guard and US Army Corps of Engineers decontaminated and cleaned the bottom floors of the hospital, pumping out the water from the basement, and brin
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DUK10051011_013
FEATURE - Verlassenes Spital bei New Orleans
Abandoned Charity Hospital
Charity Hospital was founded in 1736, a public hospital built to care for the poor residents in the area.
By the 20th century, the city of New Orleans was rapidly expanding, and the demand for indigent medical services again exceeded Charity Hospital capacity. The current hospital building was completed and opened in 1939, and was the second largest hospital in the United States at the time. Serving one of the largest populations of uninsured citizens, Charity Hospital boasted the #2 Level I Trauma Center in the nation, with the #1 rank belonging to Cook County Hospital in Chicago, Illinois.
In 2005, Hurricane Katrina made landfall in Louisiana and initially, didn’t cause much damage to the city of New Orleans. On August 29, flood walls and levees catastrophically failed, many were broken well below their thresholds. Mayor Nagin described the loss of life as "significant" with reports of bodies floating on the water throughout the city, though primarily in the eastern portions.
Charity Hospital suffered severe flood damage during the storm. Bodies from the basement morgue floated down the halls, and doctors ordered to have them stacked in the stairwells.
The flood water trapped everyone inside, including patients and staff, for days without power and limited food, water, and medical supplies. Some patients were left to have to hand pump oxygen themselves. At one point, the most critical patients were paddled across the flood streets to a nearby parking deck where they were then carried up 7 flights of stairs to the top, where rescue helicopters were waiting. Many patients died there on the parking deck awaiting rescue. It wasn’t until nearly a week later that the last person was rescued from Charity Hospital.
After the storm, there was a large push to reopen the hospital. The National Guard and US Army Corps of Engineers decontaminated and cleaned the bottom floors of the hospital, pumping out the water from the basement, and brin
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DUK10051011_012
FEATURE - Verlassenes Spital bei New Orleans
Abandoned Charity Hospital
Charity Hospital was founded in 1736, a public hospital built to care for the poor residents in the area.
By the 20th century, the city of New Orleans was rapidly expanding, and the demand for indigent medical services again exceeded Charity Hospital capacity. The current hospital building was completed and opened in 1939, and was the second largest hospital in the United States at the time. Serving one of the largest populations of uninsured citizens, Charity Hospital boasted the #2 Level I Trauma Center in the nation, with the #1 rank belonging to Cook County Hospital in Chicago, Illinois.
In 2005, Hurricane Katrina made landfall in Louisiana and initially, didn’t cause much damage to the city of New Orleans. On August 29, flood walls and levees catastrophically failed, many were broken well below their thresholds. Mayor Nagin described the loss of life as "significant" with reports of bodies floating on the water throughout the city, though primarily in the eastern portions.
Charity Hospital suffered severe flood damage during the storm. Bodies from the basement morgue floated down the halls, and doctors ordered to have them stacked in the stairwells.
The flood water trapped everyone inside, including patients and staff, for days without power and limited food, water, and medical supplies. Some patients were left to have to hand pump oxygen themselves. At one point, the most critical patients were paddled across the flood streets to a nearby parking deck where they were then carried up 7 flights of stairs to the top, where rescue helicopters were waiting. Many patients died there on the parking deck awaiting rescue. It wasn’t until nearly a week later that the last person was rescued from Charity Hospital.
After the storm, there was a large push to reopen the hospital. The National Guard and US Army Corps of Engineers decontaminated and cleaned the bottom floors of the hospital, pumping out the water from the basement, and brin
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DUK10051011_011
FEATURE - Verlassenes Spital bei New Orleans
Abandoned Charity Hospital
Charity Hospital was founded in 1736, a public hospital built to care for the poor residents in the area.
By the 20th century, the city of New Orleans was rapidly expanding, and the demand for indigent medical services again exceeded Charity Hospital capacity. The current hospital building was completed and opened in 1939, and was the second largest hospital in the United States at the time. Serving one of the largest populations of uninsured citizens, Charity Hospital boasted the #2 Level I Trauma Center in the nation, with the #1 rank belonging to Cook County Hospital in Chicago, Illinois.
In 2005, Hurricane Katrina made landfall in Louisiana and initially, didn’t cause much damage to the city of New Orleans. On August 29, flood walls and levees catastrophically failed, many were broken well below their thresholds. Mayor Nagin described the loss of life as "significant" with reports of bodies floating on the water throughout the city, though primarily in the eastern portions.
Charity Hospital suffered severe flood damage during the storm. Bodies from the basement morgue floated down the halls, and doctors ordered to have them stacked in the stairwells.
The flood water trapped everyone inside, including patients and staff, for days without power and limited food, water, and medical supplies. Some patients were left to have to hand pump oxygen themselves. At one point, the most critical patients were paddled across the flood streets to a nearby parking deck where they were then carried up 7 flights of stairs to the top, where rescue helicopters were waiting. Many patients died there on the parking deck awaiting rescue. It wasn’t until nearly a week later that the last person was rescued from Charity Hospital.
After the storm, there was a large push to reopen the hospital. The National Guard and US Army Corps of Engineers decontaminated and cleaned the bottom floors of the hospital, pumping out the water from the basement, and brin
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DUK10051011_010
FEATURE - Verlassenes Spital bei New Orleans
Abandoned Charity Hospital
Charity Hospital was founded in 1736, a public hospital built to care for the poor residents in the area.
By the 20th century, the city of New Orleans was rapidly expanding, and the demand for indigent medical services again exceeded Charity Hospital capacity. The current hospital building was completed and opened in 1939, and was the second largest hospital in the United States at the time. Serving one of the largest populations of uninsured citizens, Charity Hospital boasted the #2 Level I Trauma Center in the nation, with the #1 rank belonging to Cook County Hospital in Chicago, Illinois.
In 2005, Hurricane Katrina made landfall in Louisiana and initially, didn’t cause much damage to the city of New Orleans. On August 29, flood walls and levees catastrophically failed, many were broken well below their thresholds. Mayor Nagin described the loss of life as "significant" with reports of bodies floating on the water throughout the city, though primarily in the eastern portions.
Charity Hospital suffered severe flood damage during the storm. Bodies from the basement morgue floated down the halls, and doctors ordered to have them stacked in the stairwells.
The flood water trapped everyone inside, including patients and staff, for days without power and limited food, water, and medical supplies. Some patients were left to have to hand pump oxygen themselves. At one point, the most critical patients were paddled across the flood streets to a nearby parking deck where they were then carried up 7 flights of stairs to the top, where rescue helicopters were waiting. Many patients died there on the parking deck awaiting rescue. It wasn’t until nearly a week later that the last person was rescued from Charity Hospital.
After the storm, there was a large push to reopen the hospital. The National Guard and US Army Corps of Engineers decontaminated and cleaned the bottom floors of the hospital, pumping out the water from the basement, and brin
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DUK10051011_009
FEATURE - Verlassenes Spital bei New Orleans
Abandoned Charity Hospital
Charity Hospital was founded in 1736, a public hospital built to care for the poor residents in the area.
By the 20th century, the city of New Orleans was rapidly expanding, and the demand for indigent medical services again exceeded Charity Hospital capacity. The current hospital building was completed and opened in 1939, and was the second largest hospital in the United States at the time. Serving one of the largest populations of uninsured citizens, Charity Hospital boasted the #2 Level I Trauma Center in the nation, with the #1 rank belonging to Cook County Hospital in Chicago, Illinois.
In 2005, Hurricane Katrina made landfall in Louisiana and initially, didn’t cause much damage to the city of New Orleans. On August 29, flood walls and levees catastrophically failed, many were broken well below their thresholds. Mayor Nagin described the loss of life as "significant" with reports of bodies floating on the water throughout the city, though primarily in the eastern portions.
Charity Hospital suffered severe flood damage during the storm. Bodies from the basement morgue floated down the halls, and doctors ordered to have them stacked in the stairwells.
The flood water trapped everyone inside, including patients and staff, for days without power and limited food, water, and medical supplies. Some patients were left to have to hand pump oxygen themselves. At one point, the most critical patients were paddled across the flood streets to a nearby parking deck where they were then carried up 7 flights of stairs to the top, where rescue helicopters were waiting. Many patients died there on the parking deck awaiting rescue. It wasn’t until nearly a week later that the last person was rescued from Charity Hospital.
After the storm, there was a large push to reopen the hospital. The National Guard and US Army Corps of Engineers decontaminated and cleaned the bottom floors of the hospital, pumping out the water from the basement, and brin
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DUK10051011_008
FEATURE - Verlassenes Spital bei New Orleans
Abandoned Charity Hospital
Charity Hospital was founded in 1736, a public hospital built to care for the poor residents in the area.
By the 20th century, the city of New Orleans was rapidly expanding, and the demand for indigent medical services again exceeded Charity Hospital capacity. The current hospital building was completed and opened in 1939, and was the second largest hospital in the United States at the time. Serving one of the largest populations of uninsured citizens, Charity Hospital boasted the #2 Level I Trauma Center in the nation, with the #1 rank belonging to Cook County Hospital in Chicago, Illinois.
In 2005, Hurricane Katrina made landfall in Louisiana and initially, didn’t cause much damage to the city of New Orleans. On August 29, flood walls and levees catastrophically failed, many were broken well below their thresholds. Mayor Nagin described the loss of life as "significant" with reports of bodies floating on the water throughout the city, though primarily in the eastern portions.
Charity Hospital suffered severe flood damage during the storm. Bodies from the basement morgue floated down the halls, and doctors ordered to have them stacked in the stairwells.
The flood water trapped everyone inside, including patients and staff, for days without power and limited food, water, and medical supplies. Some patients were left to have to hand pump oxygen themselves. At one point, the most critical patients were paddled across the flood streets to a nearby parking deck where they were then carried up 7 flights of stairs to the top, where rescue helicopters were waiting. Many patients died there on the parking deck awaiting rescue. It wasn’t until nearly a week later that the last person was rescued from Charity Hospital.
After the storm, there was a large push to reopen the hospital. The National Guard and US Army Corps of Engineers decontaminated and cleaned the bottom floors of the hospital, pumping out the water from the basement, and brin
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DUK10051011_007
FEATURE - Verlassenes Spital bei New Orleans
Abandoned Charity Hospital
Charity Hospital was founded in 1736, a public hospital built to care for the poor residents in the area.
By the 20th century, the city of New Orleans was rapidly expanding, and the demand for indigent medical services again exceeded Charity Hospital capacity. The current hospital building was completed and opened in 1939, and was the second largest hospital in the United States at the time. Serving one of the largest populations of uninsured citizens, Charity Hospital boasted the #2 Level I Trauma Center in the nation, with the #1 rank belonging to Cook County Hospital in Chicago, Illinois.
In 2005, Hurricane Katrina made landfall in Louisiana and initially, didn’t cause much damage to the city of New Orleans. On August 29, flood walls and levees catastrophically failed, many were broken well below their thresholds. Mayor Nagin described the loss of life as "significant" with reports of bodies floating on the water throughout the city, though primarily in the eastern portions.
Charity Hospital suffered severe flood damage during the storm. Bodies from the basement morgue floated down the halls, and doctors ordered to have them stacked in the stairwells.
The flood water trapped everyone inside, including patients and staff, for days without power and limited food, water, and medical supplies. Some patients were left to have to hand pump oxygen themselves. At one point, the most critical patients were paddled across the flood streets to a nearby parking deck where they were then carried up 7 flights of stairs to the top, where rescue helicopters were waiting. Many patients died there on the parking deck awaiting rescue. It wasn’t until nearly a week later that the last person was rescued from Charity Hospital.
After the storm, there was a large push to reopen the hospital. The National Guard and US Army Corps of Engineers decontaminated and cleaned the bottom floors of the hospital, pumping out the water from the basement, and brin
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DUK10051011_006
FEATURE - Verlassenes Spital bei New Orleans
Abandoned Charity Hospital
Charity Hospital was founded in 1736, a public hospital built to care for the poor residents in the area.
By the 20th century, the city of New Orleans was rapidly expanding, and the demand for indigent medical services again exceeded Charity Hospital capacity. The current hospital building was completed and opened in 1939, and was the second largest hospital in the United States at the time. Serving one of the largest populations of uninsured citizens, Charity Hospital boasted the #2 Level I Trauma Center in the nation, with the #1 rank belonging to Cook County Hospital in Chicago, Illinois.
In 2005, Hurricane Katrina made landfall in Louisiana and initially, didn’t cause much damage to the city of New Orleans. On August 29, flood walls and levees catastrophically failed, many were broken well below their thresholds. Mayor Nagin described the loss of life as "significant" with reports of bodies floating on the water throughout the city, though primarily in the eastern portions.
Charity Hospital suffered severe flood damage during the storm. Bodies from the basement morgue floated down the halls, and doctors ordered to have them stacked in the stairwells.
The flood water trapped everyone inside, including patients and staff, for days without power and limited food, water, and medical supplies. Some patients were left to have to hand pump oxygen themselves. At one point, the most critical patients were paddled across the flood streets to a nearby parking deck where they were then carried up 7 flights of stairs to the top, where rescue helicopters were waiting. Many patients died there on the parking deck awaiting rescue. It wasn’t until nearly a week later that the last person was rescued from Charity Hospital.
After the storm, there was a large push to reopen the hospital. The National Guard and US Army Corps of Engineers decontaminated and cleaned the bottom floors of the hospital, pumping out the water from the basement, and brin
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DUK10051011_005
FEATURE - Verlassenes Spital bei New Orleans
Abandoned Charity Hospital
Charity Hospital was founded in 1736, a public hospital built to care for the poor residents in the area.
By the 20th century, the city of New Orleans was rapidly expanding, and the demand for indigent medical services again exceeded Charity Hospital capacity. The current hospital building was completed and opened in 1939, and was the second largest hospital in the United States at the time. Serving one of the largest populations of uninsured citizens, Charity Hospital boasted the #2 Level I Trauma Center in the nation, with the #1 rank belonging to Cook County Hospital in Chicago, Illinois.
In 2005, Hurricane Katrina made landfall in Louisiana and initially, didn’t cause much damage to the city of New Orleans. On August 29, flood walls and levees catastrophically failed, many were broken well below their thresholds. Mayor Nagin described the loss of life as "significant" with reports of bodies floating on the water throughout the city, though primarily in the eastern portions.
Charity Hospital suffered severe flood damage during the storm. Bodies from the basement morgue floated down the halls, and doctors ordered to have them stacked in the stairwells.
The flood water trapped everyone inside, including patients and staff, for days without power and limited food, water, and medical supplies. Some patients were left to have to hand pump oxygen themselves. At one point, the most critical patients were paddled across the flood streets to a nearby parking deck where they were then carried up 7 flights of stairs to the top, where rescue helicopters were waiting. Many patients died there on the parking deck awaiting rescue. It wasn’t until nearly a week later that the last person was rescued from Charity Hospital.
After the storm, there was a large push to reopen the hospital. The National Guard and US Army Corps of Engineers decontaminated and cleaned the bottom floors of the hospital, pumping out the water from the basement, and brin
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DUK10051011_004
FEATURE - Verlassenes Spital bei New Orleans
Abandoned Charity Hospital
Charity Hospital was founded in 1736, a public hospital built to care for the poor residents in the area.
By the 20th century, the city of New Orleans was rapidly expanding, and the demand for indigent medical services again exceeded Charity Hospital capacity. The current hospital building was completed and opened in 1939, and was the second largest hospital in the United States at the time. Serving one of the largest populations of uninsured citizens, Charity Hospital boasted the #2 Level I Trauma Center in the nation, with the #1 rank belonging to Cook County Hospital in Chicago, Illinois.
In 2005, Hurricane Katrina made landfall in Louisiana and initially, didn’t cause much damage to the city of New Orleans. On August 29, flood walls and levees catastrophically failed, many were broken well below their thresholds. Mayor Nagin described the loss of life as "significant" with reports of bodies floating on the water throughout the city, though primarily in the eastern portions.
Charity Hospital suffered severe flood damage during the storm. Bodies from the basement morgue floated down the halls, and doctors ordered to have them stacked in the stairwells.
The flood water trapped everyone inside, including patients and staff, for days without power and limited food, water, and medical supplies. Some patients were left to have to hand pump oxygen themselves. At one point, the most critical patients were paddled across the flood streets to a nearby parking deck where they were then carried up 7 flights of stairs to the top, where rescue helicopters were waiting. Many patients died there on the parking deck awaiting rescue. It wasn’t until nearly a week later that the last person was rescued from Charity Hospital.
After the storm, there was a large push to reopen the hospital. The National Guard and US Army Corps of Engineers decontaminated and cleaned the bottom floors of the hospital, pumping out the water from the basement, and brin
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DUK10051011_003
FEATURE - Verlassenes Spital bei New Orleans
Abandoned Charity Hospital
Charity Hospital was founded in 1736, a public hospital built to care for the poor residents in the area.
By the 20th century, the city of New Orleans was rapidly expanding, and the demand for indigent medical services again exceeded Charity Hospital capacity. The current hospital building was completed and opened in 1939, and was the second largest hospital in the United States at the time. Serving one of the largest populations of uninsured citizens, Charity Hospital boasted the #2 Level I Trauma Center in the nation, with the #1 rank belonging to Cook County Hospital in Chicago, Illinois.
In 2005, Hurricane Katrina made landfall in Louisiana and initially, didn’t cause much damage to the city of New Orleans. On August 29, flood walls and levees catastrophically failed, many were broken well below their thresholds. Mayor Nagin described the loss of life as "significant" with reports of bodies floating on the water throughout the city, though primarily in the eastern portions.
Charity Hospital suffered severe flood damage during the storm. Bodies from the basement morgue floated down the halls, and doctors ordered to have them stacked in the stairwells.
The flood water trapped everyone inside, including patients and staff, for days without power and limited food, water, and medical supplies. Some patients were left to have to hand pump oxygen themselves. At one point, the most critical patients were paddled across the flood streets to a nearby parking deck where they were then carried up 7 flights of stairs to the top, where rescue helicopters were waiting. Many patients died there on the parking deck awaiting rescue. It wasn’t until nearly a week later that the last person was rescued from Charity Hospital.
After the storm, there was a large push to reopen the hospital. The National Guard and US Army Corps of Engineers decontaminated and cleaned the bottom floors of the hospital, pumping out the water from the basement, and brin
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DUK10051011_002
FEATURE - Verlassenes Spital bei New Orleans
Abandoned Charity Hospital
Charity Hospital was founded in 1736, a public hospital built to care for the poor residents in the area.
By the 20th century, the city of New Orleans was rapidly expanding, and the demand for indigent medical services again exceeded Charity Hospital capacity. The current hospital building was completed and opened in 1939, and was the second largest hospital in the United States at the time. Serving one of the largest populations of uninsured citizens, Charity Hospital boasted the #2 Level I Trauma Center in the nation, with the #1 rank belonging to Cook County Hospital in Chicago, Illinois.
In 2005, Hurricane Katrina made landfall in Louisiana and initially, didn’t cause much damage to the city of New Orleans. On August 29, flood walls and levees catastrophically failed, many were broken well below their thresholds. Mayor Nagin described the loss of life as "significant" with reports of bodies floating on the water throughout the city, though primarily in the eastern portions.
Charity Hospital suffered severe flood damage during the storm. Bodies from the basement morgue floated down the halls, and doctors ordered to have them stacked in the stairwells.
The flood water trapped everyone inside, including patients and staff, for days without power and limited food, water, and medical supplies. Some patients were left to have to hand pump oxygen themselves. At one point, the most critical patients were paddled across the flood streets to a nearby parking deck where they were then carried up 7 flights of stairs to the top, where rescue helicopters were waiting. Many patients died there on the parking deck awaiting rescue. It wasn’t until nearly a week later that the last person was rescued from Charity Hospital.
After the storm, there was a large push to reopen the hospital. The National Guard and US Army Corps of Engineers decontaminated and cleaned the bottom floors of the hospital, pumping out the water from the basement, and brin
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DUK10051011_001
FEATURE - Verlassenes Spital bei New Orleans
Abandoned Charity Hospital
Charity Hospital was founded in 1736, a public hospital built to care for the poor residents in the area.
By the 20th century, the city of New Orleans was rapidly expanding, and the demand for indigent medical services again exceeded Charity Hospital capacity. The current hospital building was completed and opened in 1939, and was the second largest hospital in the United States at the time. Serving one of the largest populations of uninsured citizens, Charity Hospital boasted the #2 Level I Trauma Center in the nation, with the #1 rank belonging to Cook County Hospital in Chicago, Illinois.
In 2005, Hurricane Katrina made landfall in Louisiana and initially, didn’t cause much damage to the city of New Orleans. On August 29, flood walls and levees catastrophically failed, many were broken well below their thresholds. Mayor Nagin described the loss of life as "significant" with reports of bodies floating on the water throughout the city, though primarily in the eastern portions.
Charity Hospital suffered severe flood damage during the storm. Bodies from the basement morgue floated down the halls, and doctors ordered to have them stacked in the stairwells.
The flood water trapped everyone inside, including patients and staff, for days without power and limited food, water, and medical supplies. Some patients were left to have to hand pump oxygen themselves. At one point, the most critical patients were paddled across the flood streets to a nearby parking deck where they were then carried up 7 flights of stairs to the top, where rescue helicopters were waiting. Many patients died there on the parking deck awaiting rescue. It wasn’t until nearly a week later that the last person was rescued from Charity Hospital.
After the storm, there was a large push to reopen the hospital. The National Guard and US Army Corps of Engineers decontaminated and cleaned the bottom floors of the hospital, pumping out the water from the basement, and brin
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DUK10050445_010
NEWS - Indonesien: Sinabung Vulkan pufft Asche in die Luft
January 23, 2017 - north sumatera, Indonesia - indonesia, sinabung 23 january 2017. .Quite premises visual haze, observed some time, fall with sliding distance of 1500 - 2500m, leading To the east and southeast. The clerk said one volcanoes Sinabung officer, While showing visual screen monitor (FOTO: DUKAS/ZUMA)
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DUK10050445_009
NEWS - Indonesien: Sinabung Vulkan pufft Asche in die Luft
January 23, 2017 - Ndokum Siroga Village, north sumatera, Indonesia - indonesia, sinabung 23 january 2017. .Quite premises visual haze, observed some time, fall with sliding distance of 1500 - 2500m, leading To the east and southeast. The clerk said one volcanoes Sinabung officer, While showing visual screen monitor (FOTO: DUKAS/ZUMA)
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DUK10050445_013
NEWS - Indonesien: Sinabung Vulkan pufft Asche in die Luft
January 22, 2017 - north sumatera, Indonesia - sinabung. indonesia. 23 january 2017..Sinabung ''Pacific Ring of Fire.'' Strectched. after the earthquake that shook the region deli serdang with the power of 5.6 weeks ago, observed dozens of times avalanches, eruptions accompanied by hot clouds glide past week,. By visually quite foggy, and the intensity of the rain increased in recent weeks. enough to make the fast-growing lava dome Sinabung and bigger than the previous one (FOTO: DUKAS/ZUMA)
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DUK10050445_012
NEWS - Indonesien: Sinabung Vulkan pufft Asche in die Luft
January 22, 2017 - Sibintun Village, north sumatera, Indonesia - sinabung. indonesia. 23 january 2017..Sinabung ''Pacific Ring of Fire.'' Strectched. after the earthquake that shook the region deli serdang with the power of 5.6 weeks ago, observed dozens of times avalanches, eruptions accompanied by hot clouds glide past week,. By visually quite foggy, and the intensity of the rain increased in recent weeks. enough to make the fast-growing lava dome Sinabung and bigger than the previous one (FOTO: DUKAS/ZUMA)
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DUK10050445_008
NEWS - Indonesien: Sinabung Vulkan pufft Asche in die Luft
Volcanic activity at Mount Sinabung after Tectonic Earthquake near Tiga Pancur Village, Indonesia on January 22, 2017. (Photo by Sabirin Manurung / Pacific Press) *** Please Use Credit from Credit Field *** *** Local Caption *** 19334821
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DUK10050445_007
NEWS - Indonesien: Sinabung Vulkan pufft Asche in die Luft
Volcanic activity at Mount Sinabung after Tectonic Earthquake near Tiga Pancur Village, Indonesia on January 22, 2017. (Photo by Sabirin Manurung / Pacific Press) *** Please Use Credit from Credit Field *** *** Local Caption *** 19334820
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DUK10050445_006
NEWS - Indonesien: Sinabung Vulkan pufft Asche in die Luft
Volcanic activity at Mount Sinabung after Tectonic Earthquake near Tiga Pancur Village, Indonesia on January 22, 2017. (Photo by Sabirin Manurung / Pacific Press) *** Please Use Credit from Credit Field *** *** Local Caption *** 19334832
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DUK10050445_002
NEWS - Indonesien: Sinabung Vulkan pufft Asche in die Luft
Volcanic activity at Mount Sinabung after Tectonic Earthquake near Tiga Pancur Village, Indonesia on January 22, 2017. (Photo by Sabirin Manurung / Pacific Press) *** Please Use Credit from Credit Field *** *** Local Caption *** 19334817
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NEWS - Indonesien: Sinabung Vulkan pufft Asche in die Luft
January 21, 2017 - north sumatera, Indonesia - sinabung. indonesia. 23 january 2017..Sinabung ''Pacific Ring of Fire.'' Strectched. after the earthquake that shook the region deli serdang with the power of 5.6 weeks ago, observed dozens of times avalanches, eruptions accompanied by hot clouds glide past week,. By visually quite foggy, and the intensity of the rain increased in recent weeks. enough to make the fast-growing lava dome Sinabung and bigger than the previous one (FOTO: DUKAS/ZUMA)
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NEWS - Indonesien: Sinabung Vulkan pufft Asche in die Luft
January 21, 2017 - north sumatera, Indonesia - Indonesia, Sinabung, 23 January 2017..seen some people were enjoying Sinabung mountain scenery in the morning, from the village tiga Pancur (FOTO: DUKAS/ZUMA)
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NEWS - Indonesien: Sinabung Vulkan pufft Asche in die Luft
Volcanic activity at Mount Sinabung after Tectonic Earthquake near Tiga Pancur Village, Indonesia on January 21, 2017. (Photo by Sabirin Manurung / Pacific Press) *** Please Use Credit from Credit Field *** *** Local Caption *** 19334822
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NEWS - Indonesien: Sinabung Vulkan pufft Asche in die Luft
Volcanic activity at Mount Sinabung after Tectonic Earthquake near Tiga Pancur Village, Indonesia on January 21, 2017. (Photo by Sabirin Manurung / Pacific Press) *** Please Use Credit from Credit Field *** *** Local Caption *** 19334830
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NEWS - Indonesien: Sinabung Vulkan pufft Asche in die Luft
Volcanic activity at Mount Sinabung after Tectonic Earthquake near Tiga Pancur Village, Indonesia on January 17, 2017. (Photo by Sabirin Manurung / Pacific Press) *** Please Use Credit from Credit Field *** *** Local Caption *** 19334815
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NEWS - Indonesien: Sinabung Vulkan pufft Asche in die Luft
(1/16/2017) Mount Sinabung volcano eruption in the morning seen from Gamber Village in Northern Sumatra, Indonesia. (Photo by Sabirin Manurung / Pacific Press) *** Please Use Credit from Credit Field *** *** Local Caption *** 19282859
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REPORTAGE - Flüchtlingskrise: Das Leben als der serbischen Grenze
January 16, 2017 - Belgrade, Serbia - Migrants in Belgrade, on January 16, 2017. Nearly 7,000 asylum-seekers are currently stuck in Serbia as a result of tight border controls in Hungary and Croatia. Unwilling to take accommodation in state-run camps, more than 1,000 of these migrants and refugees have occupied abandoned warehouses and public spaces in Belgrade where they suffer appalling conditions and lethal winter cold (FOTO: DUKAS/ZUMA)
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REPORTAGE - Flüchtlingskrise: Das Leben als der serbischen Grenze
January 16, 2017 - Belgrade, Serbia - Migrants in Belgrade, on January 16, 2017. Nearly 7,000 asylum-seekers are currently stuck in Serbia as a result of tight border controls in Hungary and Croatia. Unwilling to take accommodation in state-run camps, more than 1,000 of these migrants and refugees have occupied abandoned warehouses and public spaces in Belgrade where they suffer appalling conditions and lethal winter cold (FOTO: DUKAS/ZUMA)
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REPORTAGE - Flüchtlingskrise: Das Leben als der serbischen Grenze
January 16, 2017 - Belgrade, Serbia - Migrants in Belgrade, on January 16, 2017. Nearly 7,000 asylum-seekers are currently stuck in Serbia as a result of tight border controls in Hungary and Croatia. Unwilling to take accommodation in state-run camps, more than 1,000 of these migrants and refugees have occupied abandoned warehouses and public spaces in Belgrade where they suffer appalling conditions and lethal winter cold (FOTO: DUKAS/ZUMA)
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REPORTAGE - Flüchtlingskrise: Das Leben als der serbischen Grenze
January 16, 2017 - Belgrade, Serbia - Migrants in Belgrade, on January 16, 2017. Nearly 7,000 asylum-seekers are currently stuck in Serbia as a result of tight border controls in Hungary and Croatia. Unwilling to take accommodation in state-run camps, more than 1,000 of these migrants and refugees have occupied abandoned warehouses and public spaces in Belgrade where they suffer appalling conditions and lethal winter cold (FOTO: DUKAS/ZUMA)
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REPORTAGE - Flüchtlingskrise: Das Leben als der serbischen Grenze
January 16, 2017 - Belgrade, Serbia - Migrants in Belgrade, on January 16, 2017. Nearly 7,000 asylum-seekers are currently stuck in Serbia as a result of tight border controls in Hungary and Croatia. Unwilling to take accommodation in state-run camps, more than 1,000 of these migrants and refugees have occupied abandoned warehouses and public spaces in Belgrade where they suffer appalling conditions and lethal winter cold (FOTO: DUKAS/ZUMA)
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REPORTAGE - Flüchtlingskrise: Das Leben als der serbischen Grenze
January 16, 2017 - Belgrade, Serbia - Migrants in Belgrade, on January 16, 2017. Nearly 7,000 asylum-seekers are currently stuck in Serbia as a result of tight border controls in Hungary and Croatia. Unwilling to take accommodation in state-run camps, more than 1,000 of these migrants and refugees have occupied abandoned warehouses and public spaces in Belgrade where they suffer appalling conditions and lethal winter cold (FOTO: DUKAS/ZUMA)
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REPORTAGE - Flüchtlingskrise: Das Leben als der serbischen Grenze
January 16, 2017 - Belgrade, Serbia - Migrants in Belgrade, on January 16, 2017. Nearly 7,000 asylum-seekers are currently stuck in Serbia as a result of tight border controls in Hungary and Croatia. Unwilling to take accommodation in state-run camps, more than 1,000 of these migrants and refugees have occupied abandoned warehouses and public spaces in Belgrade where they suffer appalling conditions and lethal winter cold (FOTO: DUKAS/ZUMA)
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REPORTAGE - Flüchtlingskrise: Das Leben als der serbischen Grenze
January 16, 2017 - Belgrade, Serbia - Migrants in Belgrade, on January 16, 2017. Nearly 7,000 asylum-seekers are currently stuck in Serbia as a result of tight border controls in Hungary and Croatia. Unwilling to take accommodation in state-run camps, more than 1,000 of these migrants and refugees have occupied abandoned warehouses and public spaces in Belgrade where they suffer appalling conditions and lethal winter cold (FOTO: DUKAS/ZUMA)
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REPORTAGE - Flüchtlingskrise: Das Leben als der serbischen Grenze
January 16, 2017 - Belgrade, Serbia - Migrants in Belgrade, on January 16, 2017. Nearly 7,000 asylum-seekers are currently stuck in Serbia as a result of tight border controls in Hungary and Croatia. Unwilling to take accommodation in state-run camps, more than 1,000 of these migrants and refugees have occupied abandoned warehouses and public spaces in Belgrade where they suffer appalling conditions and lethal winter cold (FOTO: DUKAS/ZUMA)
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REPORTAGE - Flüchtlingskrise: Das Leben als der serbischen Grenze
January 16, 2017 - Belgrade, Serbia - Migrants in Belgrade, on January 16, 2017. Nearly 7,000 asylum-seekers are currently stuck in Serbia as a result of tight border controls in Hungary and Croatia. Unwilling to take accommodation in state-run camps, more than 1,000 of these migrants and refugees have occupied abandoned warehouses and public spaces in Belgrade where they suffer appalling conditions and lethal winter cold (FOTO: DUKAS/ZUMA)
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REPORTAGE - Flüchtlingskrise: Das Leben als der serbischen Grenze
January 16, 2017 - Belgrade, Serbia - Migrants in Belgrade, on January 16, 2017. Nearly 7,000 asylum-seekers are currently stuck in Serbia as a result of tight border controls in Hungary and Croatia. Unwilling to take accommodation in state-run camps, more than 1,000 of these migrants and refugees have occupied abandoned warehouses and public spaces in Belgrade where they suffer appalling conditions and lethal winter cold (FOTO: DUKAS/ZUMA)
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REPORTAGE - Flüchtlingskrise: Das Leben als der serbischen Grenze
January 16, 2017 - Belgrade, Serbia - Migrants in Belgrade, on January 16, 2017. Nearly 7,000 asylum-seekers are currently stuck in Serbia as a result of tight border controls in Hungary and Croatia. Unwilling to take accommodation in state-run camps, more than 1,000 of these migrants and refugees have occupied abandoned warehouses and public spaces in Belgrade where they suffer appalling conditions and lethal winter cold (FOTO: DUKAS/ZUMA)
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REPORTAGE - Flüchtlingskrise: Das Leben als der serbischen Grenze
January 16, 2017 - Belgrade, Serbia - Migrants in Belgrade, on January 16, 2017. Nearly 7,000 asylum-seekers are currently stuck in Serbia as a result of tight border controls in Hungary and Croatia. Unwilling to take accommodation in state-run camps, more than 1,000 of these migrants and refugees have occupied abandoned warehouses and public spaces in Belgrade where they suffer appalling conditions and lethal winter cold (FOTO: DUKAS/ZUMA)
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REPORTAGE - Flüchtlingskrise: Das Leben als der serbischen Grenze
January 16, 2017 - Belgrade, Serbia - Migrants in Belgrade, on January 16, 2017. Nearly 7,000 asylum-seekers are currently stuck in Serbia as a result of tight border controls in Hungary and Croatia. Unwilling to take accommodation in state-run camps, more than 1,000 of these migrants and refugees have occupied abandoned warehouses and public spaces in Belgrade where they suffer appalling conditions and lethal winter cold (FOTO: DUKAS/ZUMA)
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REPORTAGE - Flüchtlingskrise: Das Leben als der serbischen Grenze
January 16, 2017 - Belgrade, Serbia - Migrants in Belgrade, on January 16, 2017. Nearly 7,000 asylum-seekers are currently stuck in Serbia as a result of tight border controls in Hungary and Croatia. Unwilling to take accommodation in state-run camps, more than 1,000 of these migrants and refugees have occupied abandoned warehouses and public spaces in Belgrade where they suffer appalling conditions and lethal winter cold (FOTO: DUKAS/ZUMA)
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REPORTAGE - Flüchtlingskrise: Das Leben als der serbischen Grenze
January 16, 2017 - Belgrade, Serbia - Migrants in Belgrade, on January 16, 2017. Nearly 7,000 asylum-seekers are currently stuck in Serbia as a result of tight border controls in Hungary and Croatia. Unwilling to take accommodation in state-run camps, more than 1,000 of these migrants and refugees have occupied abandoned warehouses and public spaces in Belgrade where they suffer appalling conditions and lethal winter cold (FOTO: DUKAS/ZUMA)
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REPORTAGE - Flüchtlingskrise: Das Leben als der serbischen Grenze
January 16, 2017 - Belgrade, Serbia - Migrants in Belgrade, on January 16, 2017. Nearly 7,000 asylum-seekers are currently stuck in Serbia as a result of tight border controls in Hungary and Croatia. Unwilling to take accommodation in state-run camps, more than 1,000 of these migrants and refugees have occupied abandoned warehouses and public spaces in Belgrade where they suffer appalling conditions and lethal winter cold (FOTO: DUKAS/ZUMA)
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REPORTAGE - Flüchtlingskrise: Das Leben als der serbischen Grenze
January 16, 2017 - Belgrade, Serbia - Migrants in Belgrade, on January 16, 2017. Nearly 7,000 asylum-seekers are currently stuck in Serbia as a result of tight border controls in Hungary and Croatia. Unwilling to take accommodation in state-run camps, more than 1,000 of these migrants and refugees have occupied abandoned warehouses and public spaces in Belgrade where they suffer appalling conditions and lethal winter cold (FOTO: DUKAS/ZUMA)
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REPORTAGE - Flüchtlingskrise: Das Leben als der serbischen Grenze
January 16, 2017 - Belgrade, Serbia - Migrants in Belgrade, on January 16, 2017. Nearly 7,000 asylum-seekers are currently stuck in Serbia as a result of tight border controls in Hungary and Croatia. Unwilling to take accommodation in state-run camps, more than 1,000 of these migrants and refugees have occupied abandoned warehouses and public spaces in Belgrade where they suffer appalling conditions and lethal winter cold (FOTO: DUKAS/ZUMA)
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REPORTAGE - Flüchtlingskrise: Das Leben als der serbischen Grenze
January 16, 2017 - Belgrade, Serbia - Migrants in Belgrade, on January 16, 2017. Nearly 7,000 asylum-seekers are currently stuck in Serbia as a result of tight border controls in Hungary and Croatia. Unwilling to take accommodation in state-run camps, more than 1,000 of these migrants and refugees have occupied abandoned warehouses and public spaces in Belgrade where they suffer appalling conditions and lethal winter cold (FOTO: DUKAS/ZUMA)
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