One of LifeCare’s executives, Diane Robichaux, often checks in on Emmett.
Because the first three episodes of the show give viewers a glimpse into the patient’s life, they must be curious to find out if he is modeled after a real person and if he is one of the people whose bodies are found days after the hurricane. Let us tell you what to do!
Emmett Everett appears to be modeled after a real patient
Emmett Everett was modeled after a real patient, yes. Emmett was 61 when the hurricane struck and he was awaiting colostomy surgery to fix his chronic bowel obstruction. He transferred from LifeCare Hospital in Chalmette to LifeCare Hospital in Memorial. At the time, the Honduran-born worker weighed 380 pounds. Although Emmett suffered a spinal cord stroke at 50 that left him paralyzed, he still had a good sense of humor. He and his wife, Carrie Everett, were also very close. At the time, Emmett had no “do not resuscitate” orders.
The picture belongs to Emmett Everett’s family
During the evacuation of the hospital, Emmett knew what was going on there. Emmett told a LifeCare nurse named Cindy Chatelain, “Don’t let them leave me behind” after three of his roommates moved. This is from the book Five Days at Memorial: Life and Death in a Storm-Ravaged Hospital by Sheri Fink on which the show is based. Diane spoke to Dr. Anna Pou on Emmett’s evacuation.
“We [Diane, Pou, and two Memorial nurses] went back and forth with scenarios about whether or not Emmett could be evacuated, if someone could physically get him down the stairs and lift him through that hole to get on the chopper, and it was said that they would have that didn’t think it was possible,” Diane said roughly the same, according to the source. Sheri Fink says some doctors felt that if they knew more about Emmett and his condition, they could have taken care of him.
Kristy Johnson, LifeCare’s director of physical medicine, told Justice Department investigators she saw Pou and two nurses pour liquids from vials into syringes. Johnson told police that Pou said she would give Emmett something “to help him with his dizziness.” Johnson says that Pou then went into Emmett’s room and closed the door.
Is Emmett Everett dead or alive?
Emmett was one of the patients who died after the hurricane and flood and was found dead at the memorial. After the autopsies, it was discovered that Emmett and eight other deceased LifeCare patients had morphine in their bodies. Cyril Wecht, a forensic pathologist employed by the Louisiana Attorney General’s office, determined that Emmett’s death was the result of homicide. Anna Pou and two Memorial nurses have been accused of killing four second-degree patients. Carrie Everett, who was married to Emmett, sued Tenet, LifeCare, Pou and two Memorial nurses named Cheri Landry and Lori Budo for wrongful death.
“Who gave them permission to pose as God? Who gave them permission? According to the source, Carrie asked about Emmett’s death on a CNN show celebrating the anniversary of Hurricane Katrina. Emmett died 15 days after Carrie and the Everetts found out about it. Sheri Fink said Pous’ attorney said Emmett “almost certainly” died because of a big heart, not because he was on too many drugs. When a grand jury was sworn in to investigate Anna’s case, prosecutors issued Memorial’s then-physician a 10-count indictment.
Emmett was charged with second-degree murder and the other nine LifeCare patients were charged with conspiracy to commit second-degree murder. The charges against Anna were dropped because the grand jury decided not to press charges against her.