Hospital Chain Settles Suit over Katrina Deaths

Hospital chain Tenet Healthcare Corp. has agreed to settle a class-action lawsuit over the deaths of patients at a New Orleans hospital after Hurricane Katrina. More than 30 patients died after the hospital lost power and temperatures rose to over 100 degrees. The suit claims the hospital "wasn't prepared to care for patients and had no emergency plan to evacuate." The terms of the settlement were undisclosed.  Sophia Pearson and Allen Johnson Jr., Bloomberg  03/23/2011

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MASHEL'S VIEW:  Lawsuits such as this one brought against Tenet Healthcare Corp. helps to affect substantive positive changes in health and safety related policies and procedures, and well serves to benefit all those who come to follow the poor souls who were victimized by a hospital which, "wasn't prepared to care for patients and had no emergency plan to evacuate."