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Healthcare Coroner: Post-Katrina hospital death not homicide Publication Date: 03/11/2010 Source: Associated Press NEW ORLEANS -- The New Orleans coroner says the death of 79-year-old Jannie Burgess, who died at Memorial Medical Center after Hurricane Katrina, will not be reclassified as a homicide. "This patient was extremely sick," Dr. Frank Minyard said Thursday. Burgess, who had developed a tolerance for morphine, was given seven injections of the drug, Minyard said. TO READ THE COMPLETE STORY... Click here to subscribe to FPN Advisen Healthcare