Katrina Patient Deaths May End in Arrests

As if the devastation of Hurricane Katrina wasn't enough, now there are allegations of neglect, abuse and even euthanasia that occurred with patients in facilities througout devastated Louisiana. Wide spread investigations are being conducted and they include the staff and dwellings of 13 nursing homes and 6 hospitals in the state of Louisiana.
Charges have been filed and two people have been arrested so far as a result of the investigation, which includes 4 attorneys and 18 investigators from the Medicaid Fraud Control Unit. The husband and wife team arrested are owners of a parish nursing home and were charged on September 14, 2005 with negligent homicide, in which 34 people in the nursing home died as a result of the flooding caused by the massive hurricane.