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La. Turned Down Feds' (Katrina) Help, Documents Show
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| Last Edited | kal Jan 31, 2006 09:09pm |
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| News Date | Wednesday, February 1, 2006 03:00:00 AM UTC0:0 |
| Description | A ranking Louisiana health official turned down federal offers to help move or evacuate patients as Hurricane Katrina bore down on New Orleans, a newly released document shows.
But the state's top medical officer said Louisiana coordinated with the federal Health and Human Services Department in evacuating hospitals and nursing homes after Katrina hit.
Two days before the Aug. 29 storm, HHS was told by the state's health emergency preparedness director that the help was not needed, according to an e-mail released Monday by a Senate panel investigating the government's response to Katrina.
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