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Posted on 07/25/2007 4:17:23 PM PDT by wagglebee
NEW ORLEANS, July 25, 2007 (LifeSiteNews.com) - A New Orleans grand jury decided Tuesday not to indict Dr. Anna Pou, a doctor who was accused of murdering four patients during the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina. Pou had been charged by Louisiana's attorney general on 10 counts, including second-degree murder and conspiracy to commit second-degree murder.
Earlier this year two nurses who had admitted to administering lethal doses of medication to patients at the same medical center were offered immunity in return for their testimony before the grand jury.
Pou and the others have consistently claimed that while they did administer potentially lethal doses of medication to some patients at the Memorial Medical Center, they did so not to end the patients' lives, but to relieve unbearable pain.
Witnesses have dramatized the conditions at the medical center during the days following hurricane Katrina as being akin to a war zone. During that time whole sections of New Orleans were submerged in water, the city was without electricity, and the heat and humidity were stifling. Over 30 patients at the Memorial Medical Center died before the center was able to be evacuated some days later, some of them allegedly as a consequence of high doses of pain killers administered by Pou and the nurses.
"All of us need to remember the magnitude of human suffering that occurred in the city of New Orleans in the wake of Hurricane Katrina, so we can be assured that this never happens again and that no health care professional should ever be falsely accused in a rush to judgment," said Dr. Pou during a press conference following the announcement that she would not be indicted.
"Today's events are not a triumph, but a moment of remembrance for those who lost their lives in the storm and a tribute to all of those who stayed at their posts and served people most in need."
Pou told the press that upon hearing the news that the case against her would not go forward she was, "at home with my husband and I fell to my knees and thanked God."
Attorney-General Charles Foti, who charged Pou and the two nurses, has consistently declared his belief that the doctor and two nurses illegally killed their patients. "This was not euthanasia," Foti was quoted as saying when the details of the case first emerged. "This was homicide."
Foti said in announcing that he was filing charges against Pou and the nurses that he and his team of investigators, "spent almost 10 ½ months investigation and, after all of this, can only come to the conclusion that this crime has been committed."
The attorney general responded to the jury's recent decision saying, "I regret their decision."
"The dedicated employees of the attorney general's office have done their duty as required by federal and state law, and I am very proud of our efforts on behalf of the victims and their families," he said.
While Pou has garnered some significant public support, with some even praising her as a "hero" for her actions following Katrina, others have pointed out that cases like these are a slippery slope for the medical profession.
When the story about the actions of some medical personnel in New Orleans first broke in 2005, Euthanasia Prevention Coalition Executive Director Alex Schadenberg had responded, saying, "Not to mitigate the extreme nature of the circumstances, but the euthanasia cases in New Orleans unveils the very problem with legalizing euthanasia: Who makes the decision?"
"Hippocrates recognized the fact that physicians are capable of being healers and they are capable of being killers," Schadenberg explained. "In order to protect patients, Hippocrates declared that a physician must 'do no harm' to their patients. Euthanasia in New Orleans proves to the world how easy it is for people who consider euthanasia as an option, to go from being healers to killers."
While Pou has escaped indictment on criminal charges, however, civil suits have been taken out against her by the families of three of the patients who she was accused of murdering.
See related LifeSiteNews.com coverage:
Editorial: The Cruelest Irony of All - When "Those Who Heal You Will Kill You"
http://www.lifesite.net/ldn/2007/jul/07071010.html
New Orleans Doctors Kill Patients Rather Than Leave Them to Looters, Then Flee
http://www.lifesite.net/ldn/2005/sep/05091205.html
Doctor Charged in Katrina Deaths Denies Committing Murder, Euthanasia
http://www.lifesite.net/ldn/2006/sep/06092502.html
Doctor and Two Nurses Arrested For Hurricane Katrina "Euthanasia" Nightmare
http://www.lifesite.net/ldn/2006/jul/06071806.html
Court Documents: Hospital Gave Lethal Injections to Patients During Hurricane Katrina
http://www.lifesite.net/ldn/2005/jul/05071204.html
What is my “type”? And what do you do for a living?
She didn't. She said she didn't, and the grand jury agrees, so she didn't, end of story. Your question is foolish and pointless.
According to the published reports, the doctor admitted giving lethal doses to the patients. So where do you get your information?
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My info comes from thedeadpelican.com and local news,,,
I have followed this since Katrina hit the south end of MY state,,,This has been a Foti/BS/Lawyer/Lie/BS/DEM/Krappola
Made-Up/Defend a Dumb-ASS Gov.Blank-Stare,,,et al...
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If this doctor administered lethal doses of narcotics in order to kill the patients, do you condone that?
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NO,,,That would be Murder I,,,In my eyes,,,
It seems to me,,,Sir,,,You don’t have all of your facts in
order,,,You seem to depend on MSM/Dem Spin,,,
No Facts At All !!,,,BS Stories,,,”NO BILL” Proves Mine...
~~~DUH~~~;0)
I’ve already answered the first part of the question. I never asked you what you do for a living, i asked what your medical experience is, right?
Thank you for agreeing that it would be murder. That’s my main concern, that people recognize that such actions are murder. Whether that is what happened here is something that we cannot decide and is not my main focus.
Where did I say that? It's a good thing scumbag trial lawyers can use channelling to screw all of us instead of hard fact, because once again, fact is not on your side.
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The reports I've read don't quote her as saying anything of the sort. The article at the beginning of this post comes from "LifeSite" news, which is about the equivalent of MSNBC covering the war in Iraq.
He’s a medical malpractice trial lawyer, what do you expect? There is hardly a profession with a more scummy reputation. Prostitutes and drug dealers are more widely respected than his type. That must really suck!
Then the doctor should definitely clear that up. Those reports are the ONLY thing that ever made this an “issue.” It was the only reason legal proceedings were instigated. And it was not just her statements, other doctors and nurses said that it had happened this way.
We can’t continue this discussion because you do not deal in reality, boy.
I'll agree, their statements are fairly damning.
Since at least one other doctor said that is what happened (and IIRC it was a doctor who was asked to give the injections but refused), is it just possible that it is true? And if it is true, was it wrong?
I never asked what you do for a living, why would you ask me?
No, according to the grand jury.
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