Episode

Ep 255: A week in hell - Memorial Medical

Podcast: Doomed to Fail
Published: Jul 20, 2026
Duration seconds: 3122
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Summary

Post the initial storm of Hurricane Katrina the power went out at Memorial Medical Hospital. Doctors faced the near impossible question of - do we leave these people here in the heat and humidity, or do we help them pass on? Learn the story of Dr. Anna Pou and what she decided to do.