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3 The Kenner Regional Medical Center operating room staff steps away from the surgical table. By Tommy Santora, Associate Editor Kenner Regional Medical Center With no running water, air conditioning or electricity and room temperatures topping 110 degrees in extreme cases, Kenner Regional Medical Center temporarily closed and evacuated approximately 1,000 employees, family members, patients and even pets three days following Hurricane Katrina. Patients were airlifted out of the hospital or transported by pickup trucks, SUVs and military vehicles to Tenet Healthcare hospitals along the Gulf Coast. The corporation also stepped up behind the scenes, catering to more than 500 Kenner employees who were leaving the hospital after working during the peak of the storm or were displaced nationwide. Tenet, which owns and operates 73 acute care hospitals in 13 states, paid all employees 10 weeks of disaster relief pay, with the first two checks equaling full salary and the last three totaling 50 percent of regular pay. Tenet also established a disaster relief fund, asking for donations and pledges to Kenner employees. It raised $1 million. Tenet matched $2 for every $1,raising the total relief funds to $3 million. Employees applied for grants from that fund, ranging from $500 to See KENNER REGIONAL continued on page 12 December 19, 2005 11 Kenner Regional Medical Center admit representative Kristy Moore, right, assists Becky Richards in the outpatient diagnostic center.
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