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Robert Garment, Executive Editor | September 07, 2005
From CNN Health - September 6, 2005 - 10:43am
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BAY ST. LOUIS, Mississippi (AP) -- A critically needed mobile hospital opened Sept. 6 in Bay St. Louis, MS, as red tape prevented set-up in Louisiana. The first patient at the state-of-the-art facility designed for disasters was a puppy.
The dog was dehydrated and brought in by hurricane survivors living in a tent city.
But it wasn't very long before suffering human patients found their way into the remarkable medical center set up in the parking lot of a flooded Kmart.
In the first 16 hours, doctors treated about 100 people: nasty head wounds, car crash victims, cuts from storm debris, dehydration.
With such demand, it is hard to imagine that the doctors weren't allowed to set up shop in Louisiana, their original destination. They were stymied by red tape there.
