No ordinary heroes
Subtitle: 8 doctors, 30 nurses, 7,000 prisoners, and a category 5 storm
By: Demaree Inglese with Diana G. Gallagher.
Contributors: Gallagher, Diana G.
Publisher: Citadel; Citadel Press
Published: 2007
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 326
ISBN-13: 9780806528311
Subjects: New Orleans. -- City Jail; Prisoners -- Medical care -- Louisiana -- New Orleans; Prisoners -- Health and hygiene -- Louisiana -- New Orleans; Jails -- Louisiana -- New Orleans; Hurricane Katrina, 2005
Description: Describes how the decision not to evacuate the jail prior to Hurricane Katrina affected Dr. Demaree Inglese, medical director of the jail, and his staff as they struggled to keep alive after the levees broke.