On the recordApril 2, 2009
The, perhaps, most pathetic, most tragic part of Katrina had to do with people who could not take care of themselves, and these were patients, trauma patients who were in hospitals.
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congress.govEleanor Holmes Norton: “The, perhaps, most pathetic, most tragic part of Katrina had to do with people who could not take care of themselves…”
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Norton emphasizes the tragedy of patients unable to care for themselves during Hurricane Katrina.
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