When asked if she considered how the injections may have hastened the patients' deaths, she said: 'I guess the thought crossed my mind. I take care of patients with cancer, so if I was a murderer, it would really be an interesting combination, very incongruous.' We didn't know how much longer they would be there. 'Reverse triage meant the sickest would be the last to be triaged. In an interview with Newsweek in August 2007, Pou said of administering injections to nine patients in the LifeCare unit: 'The intention was to help the patients that were having pain and sedate the patients who were anxious. What Went Wrong at Woodstock '99? 'Perfect Cocktail of Unfortunate Events'Īfter this verdict, Pou helped write and pass three laws in Louisiana that give immunity to healthcare professionals from most civil lawsuits for their work in disasters, such as Hurricane Katrina, though not in cases of wilful misconduct, per Fink's 2009 report on the events at Memorial Hospital in the New York Times Magazine.'I Just Killed My Dad': Who Was Burt Templet and Did He Kidnap His Son?.New Orleans Seeks Sustainability As It Rebuilds from Hurricane Once Again.The charges against nurses Landry and Budo were dropped after they agreed to give testimony for the prosecution, The New York Times reported in 2007.Ī grand jury refused to indict Pou for murder and the charges against her were expunged in July 2007. Per author Fink, Minyard said he believed Pou, Landry and Budo had not killed intentionally. We're talking about people that pretended that maybe they were God.'Īccording to a report from The New York Times in 2007, Pou's lawyer Richard Simmons said at the time: 'This was a doctor who was at all times concerned with her patients.'Ĭoroner Frank Minyard concluded that the cause of most of the deaths in Memorial Medical Center was indeterminate. In a press conference, according to a report from the Guardian, Foti said: 'We feel that they abused their rights as medical professionals. Then-Attorney General Charles Foti announced the arrests publicly, alleging that at least four LifeCare patients at Memorial Medical Center had been 'killed by lethal injection.' They were accused of injecting these critically ill patients with a lethal combination of morphine or midazolam, or both.

In July 2006, almost a year after Hurricane Katrina, Pou was arrested along with two Memorial Medical Center nurses, Cheri Landry and Lori Budo, for second-degree murder in connection with the deaths of four patients in the LifeCare unit. Apple TV+/Louisiana Attorney General's Office via Getty Images Anna Pou of Memorial Medical Center in New Orleans.

Left: Vera Farmiga in Apple TV+ show 'Five Days at Memorial.' Right: This undated photo released by the Louisiana Attorney General's Office shows Dr.

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