If the patients are in pain and asking for meds, they'd likely get the meds. Particularly in sweltering NO heat with buildings no longer designed for natural ventilation, poor sanitation, panicky situation, no light in the darkness. How lucid the patients were, how able to consent, I do not know. Most health professionals under those circumstances would get the patient out of pain, first.
Maybe a legal professional would just let them scream. And enjoy the sound.
I've googled up her CV. Though NOLA, she has quite a nice resume and sterling work history. Looks like an excellent and formidable witness. I think that little ratface of a prosecutor blew his big moment.