THE Mayor of New Orleans appealed to displaced citizens to return to the city yesterday but his plea was overshadowed by news of an investigation into allegations that medical staff killed patients who could not be moved from a flooded hospital.
Forty-five bodies found at the Memorial Medical Centre after the disaster will be tested for toxic substances. Euthanasia is illegal and doctors could be charged with manslaughter if the claims are substantiated.
The mercy killing claims were based on an interview with a doctor from the hospital who said that he saw staff entering wards with syringes after a discussion about euthanasia. Bryant King told CNN that he did not see any patient being injected but was suspicious after hearing a conversation between a hospital official and another doctor, who suggested that patients be put out of their misery.
Dr King said: “One of the other physicians — not the one who had the conversation with me but another — had a handful of syringes. I don’t know what’s in the syringes . . . The only thing I heard her say is, ‘I’m going to give you something to make you feel better.’ ”
He was evacuated from the hospital shortly afterwards and said that he did not know what happened next.
This is what we've learned from decades of abortion propaganda. When someone in your care becomes inconvenient it is perfectly acceptable to kill them to alleviate yourself of responsibility.