Senator Frist Becomes Medical Volunteer [View All]

Sen. Frist Becomes Medical Volunteer

Sunday September 4, 2005 1:31 AM

By JONATHAN M. KATZ

Associated Press Writer

WASHINGTON (AP) - Bill Frist took off his senator's coat on Saturday and flew for New Orleans as a medical volunteer. But what he found among the thousands needing treatment from Hurricane Katrina was a rescue effort in chaos: patients sleeping on luggage conveyors, teams of nurses who didn't know each other's names and a total communication breakdown.

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Frist left Washington around 4:30 a.m. Saturday on his private plane. He spent most of the day helping to treat thousands of victims at Louis Armstrong International Airport and the New Orleans Convention Center.

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After overnighting in Nashville, Tenn., following his day in New Orleans, Frist planned to return to the Gulf Coast on Sunday to work in storm-ravaged areas of Mississippi and Alabama, as well as returning with supplies to New Orleans.

He plans to be back in Washington by the time the Senate reconvenes on Tuesday. He said the confirmation hearings for Supreme Court nominee John Roberts will go forward as planned.


http://www.guardian.co.uk/worldlatest/story/0,1280,-5254123,00.html

He came as a poltician. He will administer a few shots. He will have photo ops.He will head back to the snake pit in D.C. to further the Republican agenda.