More failure on the part of the Louisiana state government?
CNN.com has an article about a "state-of-the-art mobile hospital" that has been kept out of action in New Orleans due to red-tape.
Someone needs to seriously investigate what the state of Louisiana (and Governor Blanco) was doing / thinking during this whole process.
"The North Carolina mobile hospital stranded in Mississippi was developed through the Office of Homeland Security after the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks. With capacity for 113 beds, it is designed to handle disasters and mass casualties.
Equipment includes ultrasound, digital radiology, satellite Internet, and a full pharmacy, enabling doctors to do most types of surgery in the field, including open-chest and abdominal operations.
It travels in a convoy that includes two 53-foot trailers, which as of Sunday afternoon was parked on a gravel lot 70 miles north of New Orleans because Louisiana officials for several days would not let them deploy to the flooded city..."
Someone needs to seriously investigate what the state of Louisiana (and Governor Blanco) was doing / thinking during this whole process.
