Unfortunately, so did we, but then this happened:
A doctor and two nurses who worked through the chaos that followed Hurricane Katrina were arrested overnight, accused of giving four patients stranded at their hospital lethal doses of morphine and a sedative, authorities said Tuesday.
The three were arrested on charges of being "principals to second-degree murder."
"We're not calling this euthanasia. We're not calling this mercy killings. This is second-degree murder," said Kris Wartelle, a spokeswoman for Attorney General Charles C. Foti.
It's unknown really whether the patients were given the doses because they were suffering or if medical staff just didn't see any hope and didn't want to deal with them anymore.
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