Dr. Anna Pou is the doctor who has been accused of euthanizing patients during Katrina’s aftermath. When the stories originally came out in the fall of 2005, I was quite skeptical and tended to think there was something to them. As more and more information became available in 2006, I concluded the opposite – as have many others. A year after Dr. Pou’s arrest – and she still has not been, nor will she be, formally charged and tried, because Charles Foti Nifonged Dr. Pou to help himself get re-elected – a rally was held to support the doctor. It went well, video at this link, and according to reports over a thousand people attended.
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Pou filed suit against the Louisiana attorney general on Monday. In it she accuses him of using her arrest to fuel his re-election bid.
The suit, filed in state court in Baton Rouge, also seeks to force the state to provide a legal defense for Pou against civil lawsuits filed by families of three of the patients.
The state normally picks up the tab for defending first responders, and doctors and nurses working during a hurricane certainly ought to qualify. If the state doesn’t do right by Dr. Pou, then the next time we have a hurricane, it’s going to be a train wreck regardless of the strength of the storm, because medical professionals will certainly not want to stay. Aside from the fact that clearly exonerating Dr. Pou is the right thing to do – she deserves her reputation back – it’s also in our own best interest.
Hurray, finally something good happened. Not just good but right. We have become a Nation of blamers. We always seem to need to hang someone for our own blundering mistakes. Thank God I have found site where I can say God Bless You Dr. Pou. I have donated and will continue to do so as often as I can. thank You for this site.
People do still remember what happened two years ago in New Orleans, hurricane Katrina destroyed the city, and many people died at that time. But, People may not still remember some cases of euthanasia came out after storm. One year ago, Dr. Anna Dou and two nurses were arrested by doing euthanasia to 4 patients who it was difficult to evacuate. According to the recent report, the Dr. Anna Dou will not be charged in Katrina deaths. So, the controversy arise again, is it ethical to do the euthanasia? The case of Dr.Anna provides that there is a gap about euthanasia or physician-assisted suicide is illegal or legal behavior. Since then, I became to pay more attention about what really happened, and what is the motive caused Dr and nurse did that. When I first saw the possible topics of my second project writing, seemly everyone has its unique part that interest my. But, physician-assisted suicide or euthanasia catches my eyes. It is hard to say that practicing such action is wrong or is right, different people have different voices. So, in my paper, I am going to do more research to discover more information, and I will focus on some details, such as background of physician-assisted suicide, difference between the euthanasia and PSA, compare two different views, and talk about if it is legal to do so. Let me give you a little hint about my position, I am the one against the euthanasia, because such activity is morally wrong, and it may has potential abuse effect.
Zguo – you seem to be under the misconception that Pou committed euthanasia. She did not. She is completely innocent, as are the two nurses.
That said, I also am against euthanasia. Good luck on your paper. You might also want to study how food and water are often withheld in order to starve/dehydrate patients to death when active euthanasia isn’t possible. That happens ALL THE TIME. Doctors tell families what a peaceful, calm death it is and how it’s better for the patient to “go” that way rather than continue to be kept “artificially” alive – what they don’t say is “rather than keep using up expensive hospital bed space while your insurance company nags the crap out of me to get this person OUT of here one way or the other.”