Power gone, food low, doctors focused on life

Desperate efforts amid many deaths

Memorial Medical Center in New Orleans lost power two days after Katrina struck, and was surrounded by 6 foot of water.

By Stephen Smith and Marcella Bombardieri

Globe Staff / September 14, 2005

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GONZALES, La. -- As flood waters rose in the wake of Hurricane Katrina's fury, Memorial Medical Center in New Orleans ran out of the diesel fuel that powered its generators. Gunfire crackled in the streets, sometimes aimed at the rescue helicopters and boats that arrived only intermittently. Food stocks were running low, and toilets were overflowing. (Full article: 1337 words)