Five Days at Memorial: Life and Death in a Storm-Ravaged Hospital

Sheri Fink reconstructs the agonizing decisions made by doctors and nurses at Memorial Medical Center in New Orleans during and after Hurricane Katrina, when the hospital was flooded and cut off for five days. Her investigation exposes how the medical system failed the most vulnerable patients and raises profound questions about triage, ethics, and accountability. Winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Investigative Reporting and the NBCC Award for Nonfiction.