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Hurricane Katrina Disaster Resources
In response to the major devastation created by Hurricane Katrina, America’s largest state medical society answered Gov. Rick Perry’s Department of Emergency Management request for medical assistance. Doctors and other health care providers are needed to give urgent health care to thousands of storm refugees in Louisiana and throughout the Gulf Coast. Texas doctors also are providing care to refugees evacuated to Houston, Dallas, and parts of East Texas.
TMA has been in contact with the Louisiana Medical Society (LSMS), who is putting up a make-shift hospital and needs physicians. We have faxed LSMA our roster of names and email addresses of all the physicians who have requested to volunteer. Over the next few weeks you could be called by LSMS.
Texas physicians also could be called by your local county medical society (CMS). Please contact your local CMS as the need for medical services is growing in Texas' urban areas.
The Dept. of Health and Human Services (HHS) has established an e-mail address at katrinalogistics@hhs.gov where physicians, medical societies, and clinics can contact for logistical help if, for example, a shelter experiences a shortage of a particular drug, or if patients experience problems using Medicaid cards in states to which they have been evacuated.
TMA will continue to provide disaster relief information as it becomes available.
Help Get Katrina Evacuees the Medical Information They Need
A new, free, and secure online service at www.katrinahealth.org will provide authorized users with information about the medications that evacuees were taking before they fled their homes. If you are a licensed physician and are treating a Hurricane Katrina evacuee, you are permitted to use KatrinaHealth.org. To receive a login and password, please contact the AMA's Unified Service Center at (800) 262-3211, which is available 24 hours a day. Physicians will be asked specific questions to validate their identity and credentials.
General Information
Hiring/Job Search for Displaced Health Care Professionals
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- Med Placement Group (temporary, contractual, or full-time positions throughout the U.S. for those displaced by Katrina)
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Practice Management
Clinical Information
Student/Resident/Academic Issues
Related Links and Phone Numbers
Those who wish to help with immediate financial assistance are encouraged to do so directly with one of the following voluntary organizations designated by the Federal Emergency Management Agency:
- Adventist Community Services (800) 381-7171
- American Red Cross (800) HELP NOW (435-7669) in English, (800) 257-7575 in
Spanish
- America's Second Harvest (800) 344-8070
- Catholic Charities, USA (800) 919-9338
- Christian Disaster Response (941) 956-5183 or (941) 551-9554
- Christian Reformed World Relief Committee (800) 848-5818
- Church World Service (800) 297-1516
- Convoy of Hope (417) 823-8998
- Dallas County Medical Society Project Access (214) 948-3622
- Lutheran Disaster Response (800) 638-3522
- Mennonite Disaster Service (717) 859-2210
- Nazarene Disaster Response (888) 256-5886
- Operation Blessing (800) 436-6348
- Presbyterian Disaster Assistance (800) 872-3283
- Salvation Army (800) SAL-ARMY (725-2769)
- Southern Baptist Convention -- Disaster Relief (800) 462-8657, ext. 6440
- Texas Nurses Foundation
- United Methodist Committee on Relief (800) 554-8583
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