I think only Rip Van Winkle would be able to ignore the wake-up call that Hurricane Katrina offers with regard to emergency preparedness, |
I've seen a few articles … that maybe the thief will get the reward because he returned the objects. When I saw that, I thought, that's not right. The whole story should be heard. |
It is worth looking at the current requirements and asking ourselves, in light of the experience with Hurricane Katrina, with an entire health-care system going down: Are there better protections that could be put in place for that kind of phenomenon? |
The vast preponderance of nursing homes respond quickly to citations, ... necessary in only a small percentage of cases. |
We are seeing better recognition of (fire safety) problems. |
We never got a great picture. |
We've increased the standards, we've increased the monitoring, and we've increased the enforcement to make sure that identified problems are remedied correctly and promptly. |