Evacuee, turned away from Astrodome, dies: blood clot after 30 hr bus ride

[rainbow4321]

She was turned away at the Astrodome and had to head to an Oklahoma shelter. ;( ;( ;(
Hope they are adding ALL of these evacuee deaths to the official death toll!

http://www.kotv.com/main/home/stories.asp?whichpage=1&id=90058

A 58-year-old woman spent 30 agonizing hours on a bus to arrive at Camp Gruber in critical condition. She was taken to the hospital, but died a short time later. With her body hundreds of miles from home and her family also displaced by the hurricane, a Tulsa church took her in to give her a proper funeral Monday morning.

A Red Cross volunteer heard the tragic story and decided to do something about it. She helped organize a funeral service for Khaton in Tulsa. Red Cross volunteer Deborah Jones: "I just felt that had that been me or my family or even someone I knew I would want someone to be shown the respect and dignity that every human being deserves."

58-year-old Judy Khaton survived Hurricane Katrina and several days at the Superdome in New Orleans, only to be turned away at the Astrodome in Houston. She was on a bus for 30 hours, which doctors say could have caused the blood clot in her leg that eventually killed her.


The Red Cross says another evacuee staying at Camp Gruber died last week. They say the 68-year-old man had a pre-existing heart condition.

[preciousdove]

1. Dehydration also contributed to the clot...n/t

[Lori Price CLG]

2. Why didn't the bus stop and take her to ANY hospital??? Unreal!!! n/t

[Dr Fate]

3. Clearly Mayor Nagin's fault.

n/t

[crankybubba]

4. grrrr

Another casualty that the repub will NOT count as a victim.

[GreenPartyVoter]

5. Agreed. Welcome to DU

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[LittleClarkie]

6. What do you expect

they don't count Iraq wounded who don't die until they get home either, from what I hear.

[texpatriot2004]

14. Damned Republicans and that FUZZY MATH but you really

ought to respect the dead especially when you are a chickenshit chickenhawk.

[Roy]

13. And they saved 2 grand (atm card)

I'm sure they will factor that in.

[newyawker99]

15. Hi crankybubba!!

Welcome to DU!! :toast:

[kath]

7. 30-hour bus ride?!?! Jeebus H. Christ.

[kath]

8. 30-hour bus ride?!?! Jeebus H. Christ.

[moobu2]

9. The culture of life...yea right n/t

[I_Make_Mistakes]

10. They can get away with the cover ups in a far and distant country

but not here, in the USA. The Red Cross volunteers, (God bless them), are volunteers and don't get paid to lie.

The truth is going to come out! The gov't. screwed up putting this in the hands of real AMERICANS

[NYC]

11. So the question is:

Why didn't they shelter these people in Louisiana, their own state? Closer to home, less travel, the money would be spent in Louisiana. Texas is receiving federal money for sheltering New Orleans evacuees. I suspect that was why it was done.

The state of Louisiana needs the money, and all these people could have been kept closer to home, and closer together.

[Nothing Without Hope]

12. There are also plenty of people who are STILL DYING IN NEW ORLEANS

and across the South, with no one coming to rescue them or give them food and water.

Will Pitt's wonderful story of heroic rescue in New Orleans has a dark sub-plot - the guy who was looking for his girlfriend kept finding people desperate for rescue (he rescued them) and he found a place with a crying baby with two dead people with the baby. He rescued the baby. Anyone in this country who thinks that everyone has been rescued now is wrong.

Here's WIll's story, in case you missed it:
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=104x4752099

And as your story shows, even "rescue" is no guarantee of safety or even life.