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After Hurricane Katrina hit Louisiana, Mark Perlmutter, a physician, traveled from Pennsylvania to help.


After Hurricane Katrina Editing of this page by unregistered or newly registered users is currently disabled due to vandalism.  hit Louisiana, Mark Perlmutter, a physician, traveled from Pennsylvania to help. That's how he found himself on the tarmac of Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport (IATA: MSY, ICAO: KMSY), formerly known as Moisant Field, is located in Kenner, Louisiana and is the primary commercial airport for the New Orleans metropolitan area of southeast Louisiana and the second  administering chest compression to a dying woman. And that's where he found himself ordered by a FEMA FEMA,
n.pr See Federal Emergency Management Agency.
 official to stop treating patients because he wasn't registered with the agency. FEMA says it uses only doctors who have FEMA credentials.
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Author:Oliver, Charles
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Date:Jan 1, 2006
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