Comments on: FEMA Approves More For Charity Hospital http://projectkatrina.com/2008/12/14/fema-approves-more-for-charity-hospital/ Mon, 06 Sep 2010 18:59:50 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Tommy http://projectkatrina.com/2008/12/14/fema-approves-more-for-charity-hospital/comment-page-1/#comment-281 Tommy Tue, 06 Jan 2009 06:05:40 +0000 http://projectkatrina.com/?p=1237#comment-281 Sorry it took a few seconds for your comment to appear Brad. I don't regulate what folks write, but I just upgrade my WordPress software and I see it has reset all my settings for comments (and other things) to the default, which is comments have to be approved by me. Now with that said, the article I linked to said, "The state's $492 million figure is the designated "replacement cost" to build a new hospital, which is what the federal government would owe if Charity Hospital was found to be more than 50 percent damaged by Hurricane Katrina and the flooding that followed. Sorry it took a few seconds for your comment to appear Brad. I don’t regulate what folks write, but I just upgrade my WordPress software and I see it has reset all my settings for comments (and other things) to the default, which is comments have to be approved by me.

Now with that said, the article I linked to said, “The state’s $492 million figure is the designated “replacement cost” to build a new hospital, which is what the federal government would owe if Charity Hospital was found to be more than 50 percent damaged by Hurricane Katrina and the flooding that followed.

]]> By: Brad http://projectkatrina.com/2008/12/14/fema-approves-more-for-charity-hospital/comment-page-1/#comment-280 Brad Tue, 06 Jan 2009 04:48:03 +0000 http://projectkatrina.com/?p=1237#comment-280 One other dimension to consider here -- FEMA's assessment might actually reflect that LSU and the state have refused to repair Charity Hospital. Also, FEMA had actually granted DHH $352 million right after Katrina -- but when it was meant to reopen Charity Hospital, DHH returned all but the $8 million it spent for the Office of Mental Health. FEMA might actually be right on this one. See the plan to Renew, Restore and Reopen Charity Hospital: http://www.FHL.org One other dimension to consider here — FEMA’s assessment might actually reflect that LSU and the state have refused to repair Charity Hospital. Also, FEMA had actually granted DHH $352 million right after Katrina — but when it was meant to reopen Charity Hospital, DHH returned all but the $8 million it spent for the Office of Mental Health. FEMA might actually be right on this one.

See the plan to Renew, Restore and Reopen Charity Hospital: http://www.FHL.org

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