Deadly Choices At Memorial Summary

Hurricane Katrina was a devastating storm that destroyed the lives of many New Orleanians. A storm that caused the people to be in a bad predicament. In the reading, “The Deadly Choices at Memorial” by Sheri Fink, is a story about events that are shadowed and never acknowledged until introduced. In other words, many of the stories that followed the storm were about the houses that were destroyed, the complex evacuation process, animals that were lost, or even the fridges that were destroyed but uplifting notes were left on it, but never the complicity of the hospitals and hospital staff that monitored the injured people.The story describes the scenery of the hospital. Many of the workers are tired and overworked due to power shortages and

During the time of chaos and confusion, doctors are expected to find the best solution for the patients. As a consequence, the staff chooses to kill the patients “calmly” to reduced the factors that puts a strain on themselves and on the patients. Doctor Cook never once said that they chose the very last option possible, because if that was the case, the doctors would have made a call for additional volunteer recusers until conformation that no rescuers and no outside assistants were left to assure that the patients in the category five condition have a fair chance of survival. Often times, a hospital can testify that most patients have had harsher conditions that put them at near death, but after care and time, those patients have had speedy recoveries and went on to live normal lives. The doctors were in observation that the patients were suffering. Pou agreed that she administered the drugs to prevent another terrible day for the patients. Cook agreed that the drugs killed the patients by stopping their respiration system. They assumed that the patients were going to a better place. A modern christian would believe that the doctors did not take in consideration the state of the soul. Meaning, the person may not have been in a state where they went to heaven, therefore the doctors sent them to a place of deeper misery. The doctors handled the situation in the interest of the staff but not in the best interest of the patients or the patients