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Some elementary schools assigned students to specially-designed make-up programs for as much as half of each school day to accelerate recovery of reading and math levels. High schools found that students were bored in purely remedial courses and did not make progress as rapidly as did elementary level students.
When forced off campus, students who are more likely to drop out—first-generation collegians, low-income students, and students of color—may never come back. An estimated 100,000 students were displaced by Katrina after the levees failed.
Following Katrina, the state took control of the school system, giving oversight of the vast majority of New Orleans schools to the Louisiana Recovery School District (RSD).
As a result of Hurricane Katrina and its effects on New Orleans, Tulane University was closed for the second time in its history—the first being during the American Civil War. The university closed for four months during Katrina, as compared to four years during the Civil War.
The Children’s Health Fund and researchers at Columbia University found that a year after the storm a quarter of displaced children were either not in school at all or were missing an average of 10 days a month. These families moved frequently in the months after Katrina, some as many as nine times.
Under their care, Charity Hospital, partnered with the Medical College of the University of Louisiana. During the yellow fever epidemic of 1858, 2727 patients were admitted and of them 1382 died of the disease.
NYC Health + Hospitals/Bellevue
Patna Medical College and Hospital (PMCH) in the Indian state of Bihar will be redeveloped as the world’s largest hospital with an investment of Rs55. 4bn ($760.76m). PMCH will have 5,462-beds, an increase from the present 1,754 beds. Currently, the world’s largest hospital is located in Belgrade with 3,500 beds.
Thomas Bond and Benjamin Franklin “to care for the sick-poor and insane who were wandering the streets of Philadelphia.” At the time, Philadelphia was the fastest growing city in the 13 colonies….
May 11, 1751 | Charter is granted to establish Pennsylvania Hospital. |
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1753 | First patients admitted on February 11. |
Eric Manheimer, who was the chief medical director at New York’s Bellevue Hospital for 15 years and was also diagnosed with throat cancer during his tenure.
New York Presbyterian
Bellevue has been known for delivering high-quality care to the disadvantaged and homeless, to dignitaries and U.S. presidents. The hospital has been at the forefront of advancements in American medicine, including cardiac catheterization and the treatment of HIV/AIDS and tuberculosis patients.
Best emergency room in Manhattan, NY
NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital