Katrina's Smallest Victims (2006)
Details
Collection:LPB
Genre: Documentary
Place Covered: New Orleans, Orleans Parish, Louisiana, Baton Rouge, East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana
Copyright Holder: Louisiana Educational Television Authority
Date Issued: 2006-08-30
Duration: 00:55:44
Subjects: Hurricanes | Hurricane Katrina, 2005 | Hurricane Rita, 2005 | Woman's Hospital (Baton Rouge, La.) | Health Care | Hospitals | PHYSICIANS | NURSES | Newborn infants | Pregnant women | New mothers | Disaster response and recovery | Disaster victims | Child disaster victims | Emergency management
Contributors:
- Elliot, Lewis Narrator
- Kendrick, Dorothy Producer
- Fontenot, Jodie Photographer
- Crews, Keith Photographer
- Fortenberry, Rex Q. Photographer
- Ellisor, Jackson Photographer
- Kendrick, Dorothy Writer
- White-Dupree, Kemba Interviewee
- Isbell, Josh Interviewee
- Isbell, Erica Interviewee
- Fontenot, Teri Interviewee
- Berthelot, Diane Interviewee
- Shelton, Stan Interviewee
- Schexnayder, Jill Interviewee
- Hilton, Shuvante Interviewee
- Thomas, Larry Interviewee
- Gibson, Gail Interviewee
- Adolph, Vincent Interviewee
- Barkemeyer, Brian Interviewee
- Haeuser, Jamie Interviewee
- Spedale, Steven Interviewee
- Eaton, Susan Interviewee
- Castille, Brandi Interviewee
- Crosby, Randall Interviewee
- Antone, Donny Interviewee
- Traylor, Susan Interviewee
- Johnson, Tricia Interviewee
- Sullivan, Staci Interviewee
- Vidrine, Dana Interviewee
- Aycock, Charles Interviewee
- Kennedy, Tom Interviewee
- Benanti, Jan Interviewee
- Brown, Kenneth Interviewee
- Page, Burn Interviewee
- DeMoss, Orlando Interviewee
- Ricks, Margie Interviewee
- Cornelius, Samantha Interviewee
Description
A 2006 documentary chronicling the heroic efforts made by the staff at Woman’s Hospital in Baton Rouge in caring for the expectant mothers and fragile babies from twelve New Orleans-area hospitals in the days following Hurricane Katrina. Through interviews with doctors, nurses, and patients, this documentary covers: the impact of Hurricane Katrina on the hospitals in New Orleans; the decision made by Woman’s Hospital to coordinate the evacuation of the expectant mothers and sick babies from New Orleans the day after Hurricane Katrina made landfall; the difficult transport process; caring for the influx of new patients; providing emotional support to the new mothers and reuniting families that had been separated during the evacuation of New Orleans; working with local churches to provide shelters for the new mothers and their babies when they were released from the hospital; the evacuation of University Hospital and Charity Hospital four days after the storm; taking on more evacuees prior to Hurricane Rita; and the lessons learned that can help in planning for future disasters. Narrator: Jackson Ellison