The healthcare system is functioning for paying customers, but the uninsured are still wondering which way to turn. Charity hospital operated a clinic out of the Convention Center at first and then a reconditioned department store. Doctors Without Hospitals

The Charity Level 1 Trauma Center (AKA "Gun and Knife Club of New Orleans") long reputed to be the best in the nation, was relocated to Elmwood in Jefferson Parish.

Medical school teaching hospitals Charity and University were disrupted.