Donald Smithburg Quotes (10 Quotes)

How many will stay, how many will repatriate to New Orleans has yet to be determined, ... But we know we have a responsibility to care for the underinsured, the uninsured.

We are seeing a domino effect as our Katrina- and Rita-related financial and personnel issues impact our other seven hospitals. With immediate help, we can keep the Charity system on its feet and continue to heal. Without it, Louisiana public health care will fall.

We are going to build newer, more modern facilities that will withstand the test of time. They will withstand the next storm, and the one after that.

It's not really up to the hospitals to decide what the health care delivery system should be.

We've almost exhausted local resources, ... We are looking to interstate cooperation on into the next few days to handle this tremendous surge that is exhausting the health care resources and ultimately compromising many hundreds of sick people who are in our hospitals.

Louisiana's public hospital system is on the verge of financial collapse two months after Hurricane Katrina and needs federal aid quickly, the head of the system said. We're out of money, roughly after Thanksgiving, ... We are running out of time.

We're out of money, roughly after Thanksgiving.

The big Charity and University hospital buildings were issued their 'death warrant' by Katrina and the cataclysmic floods it spawned. Both facilities are dangerous, dangerous places.

The opportunity to maximize limited dollars through collaboration with the VA is immense, bold, and compelling in our post-Katrina environment.

The (old) facilities are unusable for health care purposes, ... That doesn't mean the public hospital system is down and out.