

When the floodwaters rose, power failed, and heat soared, exhausted caregivers at a New Orleans hospital were forced to make profound, heart-wrenching decisions.

Hurricane Katrina makes landfall in New Orleans. At Memorial Hospital, the doctors, nurses, and staff tend to patients and brace for the storm.
Aired: 8/11/2022
The staff and patients think they've made it through the worst—except the waters aren't receding. Reports of a new crisis circulate.