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New Orleans isn't ready: officials

BATTERED The area may be unsafe and ill-equipped to handle the return of residents who have been dislocated by Hurricane Katrina, officials have said

AP , NEW ORLEANS

Cappiello expressed concern that some hospitals, desperate to get back into business for competitive as well as public-service reasons, might move too quickly, before all mold and contaminants from flooding are removed.

"I hope there's someone looking at all the health care assets and making sound decisions as the mayor faces overwhelming political pressure to let people back in," he said.

Cappiello said he heard unconfirmed reports that some doctors may have euthanized some critically ill patients who could not be moved out, rather than leaving them to die from flooding or neglect.

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