Sunday, January 31, 2010

The Lifeline Gets Choked Off -- Hard

We are out of oxygen.  The cylinders are empty.  Can't anesthetize people without it.  Can't (or shouldn't) do surgery on unanesthetized people.  So no oxygen = no surgery.  No surgery = needless, preventable deaths.

And since the USS Comfort is full to overflowing, and our government which seemingly has no trouble getting troops down here has stopped all government life flights, it is not a good situation.

No tank refills on the horizon although Kleiman and one of his New Orleans buddies, Marc Vezina are doing everything they can to get us some.  Maybe Monday night or Tuesday if we're lucky.  Maybe only a dozen or so people will die by then.