Broken Levees, Broken Lives: 2008 Post-Katrina Health Care (Video 4:30 mins.)

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Three years after Hurricane Katrina, the people of New Orleans still wait for adequate health care. Even though flooding only occurred in the basement, which was cleaned up and ready to reopen in October 2005, the famous Charity Hospital in New Orleans remains closed in 2008. Unresolved talks about building a new hospital continue to delay progress. To build a new hospital would take years and millions of dollars.In the meantime, Charity Hospital, the second-largest hospital in the nation and a primary trauma center, stands empty. Many people must rely heavily on free health clinics or wait in long lines to be seen at smaller remaining hospitals, while their health deteriorates.

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