Doctor cleared in patient deaths recounts Katrina scene

Dr. Anna Pou, poses for a photograph at her home New Orleans on Saturday, July 22, 2006. By Mary Foster, Associated Press Writer NEW ORLEANS — Dr. Anna Pou wasn't worried as she made her way to Memorial Medical Center that sultry August weekend in 2005. Hurricane Katrina appeared headed to Florida. Even when warnings were issued for New Orleans, the respected cancer surgeon never thought of leaving. She stayed with her patients in what would become a personal and professional hell. Katrina struck Monday morning, Aug. 29. Power failed, levees broke and 80% of New Orleans was flooded. Four days of misery, leading to 34 patient deaths, began at Memorial. In the aftermath, Pou would be accused — and later cleared — of giving lethal doses of drugs to four patients during the chaos. Three years later, in her most detailed account... [read full story]