Memorial Hospital in New Orleans was heavily damaged when Hurricane Katrina struck the Gulf Coast of Mississippi on August 29, 2005. During a five-day period from late August into September 1, 2005, while 200 patients were trapped at Memorial Hospital in New Orleans by Hurricane Katrina flood waters, all power went out, and temperatures soared to over 105 degrees. The lack of sanitation created a rancid smell and no running water was available, basically transforming the hospital into a site for “third world medicine” . The hospitals auxiliary generators had already thumped to life and were humming reassuringly, but the system was designed to power only emergency lights, certain critical equipment, and a handful of outlets on each floor; the air-conditioning system shut down. The hospital had sustained damage but remained functional. However, the situation became desperate, and the hospital became a national story, wrapped up in a legal case. The bodies of 45 patients were found in the chapel of Memorial Medical Center after the storm had passed. They had died while waiting for evacuation from the hospital, with some allegations being made that there were patients who were administered lethal doses of morphine or other pain medication. Dr. Anna Pou and two nurses were accused of injecting critically ill patients with a lethal combination of morphine or midazolam, or both. They were arrested for second-degree murder in connection with the deaths of four patients in the LifeCare unit. Dr. Pou and others rendered palliative care and eased the discomfort of a number of bedridden acute-care patients on the seventh floor after being informed by the Tenet incident commander that “no help was coming” and apparently the hospital was to be abandoned.