Transforming our understanding of human nature in crisis, Five Days at Memorial exposes the hidden dilemmas of end-of-life care and reveals how ill-prepared we are for large-scale disasters-and how we can do better. Months later, a doctor and two nurses were arrested and accused of injecting some of those patients with life-ending drugs.įive Days at Memorial, the culmination of six years of reporting by Pulitzer Prize winner Sheri Fink, unspools the mystery, bringing us inside a hospital fighting for its life and into the most charged questions in health care: which patients should be prioritized, and can health care professionals ever be excused for hastening death? “An amazing tale, as inexorable as a Greek tragedy and as gripping as a whodunit.”- Dallas Morning NewsĪfter Hurricane Katrina struck and power failed, amid rising floodwaters and heat, exhausted staff at Memorial Medical Center designated certain patients last for rescue. A landmark investigation of patient deaths at a New Orleans hospital ravaged by Hurricane Katrina-and the suspenseful portrayal of the quest for truth and justice-from a Pulitzer Prize–winning physician and reporter.The award-winning book that inspired an Apple Original series from Apple TV+.
A remarkable book, engrossing from start to finish, Five Days at Memorial radically transforms our understanding of human nature in crisis.NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER In a voice at once involving and fair, masterful and intimate, Fink exposes the hidden dilemmas of end-of-life care and reveals just how ill-prepared we are for the impact of large-scale disasters – and how we can do better. Months later, several health professionals faced criminal allegations that they deliberately injected numerous patients with drugs to hasten their deaths.įive Days at Memorial, the culmination of six years of reporting, unspools the mystery of what happened in those days, bringing the reader into a hospital fighting for its life and into a conversation about the most terrifying form of health care rationing. In the tradition of the best writing on human behaviour and moral choices in the face of disaster, physician and reporter Sheri Fink reconstructs five days at New Orleans’ Memorial Medical Center during Hurricane Katrina and draws the reader into the lives of those who struggled mightily to survive and to maintain life amidst chaos.Īfter Katrina struck and the floodwaters rose, the power failed, and the heat climbed, exhausted caregivers chose to designate certain patients last for rescue.
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