WDSU: Baptist Hosp. under seige by people with guns.

[intheflow]

Methodist Hospital sending text messages to anchors saying they'r running out of food and water.

:cry:

[rodeodance]

1. Charity hospital said this also -this morning. Guard said they would

be there yesterday to evacuate but no one showed up.

[Straight Shooter]

2. WTF?

Why would anyone terrorize a hospital? So much for "we're all in this together."

[kalibex]

4. Looking for drugs, possibly? n/t

[etherealtruth]

5. Heard from hospitals on NPR ...

this afternoon ... they were terrified of people trying to break in.

People in the streets are desperate, trying to survive ...

[intheflow]

8. Drug addicts and also people who assume

hospitals would have unlimited supplies of food and water.

[tx_dem41]

3. Baptist Hospital was evacuated yesterday, so there are no patients...

there. Have no idea about Methodist.

[intheflow]

6. Do you have a link for that info?

I assume that the anchors would have known that. Or at least a producer would have corrected them about that by now.

[tx_dem41]

7. No link...

my wife works in corporate.

[intheflow]

9. Corporate Baptist Hospital?

[tx_dem41]

10. Owned by Tenet Healthcare.

Technically, its called Memorial Hospital now. It was Baptist back when I was stuck there in the 70s for a week after an accident.

[intheflow]

11. OK, I found a link saying that the hospital had been closed,

but didn't say anything about evacuation. Hard to know what's true between reporters reporting innuendo and anonymous posters on Internet forums. Not to doubt you or your info specifically, but you know what I mean... it's a crazy situation all around.

http://www.latimes.com/features/health/medicine/la-sci-health31aug31,1,2337725.story?coll=la-health-medicine

[tx_dem41]

12. It is crazy....and no offense taken. n/t