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Hospital Workers Subpoenaed In Post-Katrina Deaths

NEW ORLEANS -- Louisiana officials have issued subpoenas to 73 staff members of a local hospital to force them to cooperate with a probe into whether critically ill patients were euthanized or mistreated during the chaos after Hurricane Katrina, state Attorney General Charles Foti Jr. said Wednesday. The subpoenas were issued during the past few days amid growing concern that an undisclosed number of employees at Memorial Medical Center, including nurses, have refused to speak with state investigators, Foti said in an interview with USA TODAY. He said an Oct. 14 memo in which the hospital told employees they could decline to be interviewed might have had "a chilling effect" by prompting some of them to refuse to answer questions.

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200 Deaths Examined In Euthanasia Probe
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The Louisiana Attorney General's office is examining the deaths of more than 200 nursing home and hospital patients during and after Hurricane Katrina for evidence of euthanasia or neglect. Some patients allegedly were abandoned and some were euthanized in the chaotic aftermath of the Aug. 29 storm, spokeswoman Kris Wartelle told Reuters.

Posted by Editor at October 27, 2005 10:38 AM