Hurricane Katrina is one of the deadliest hurricanes in the United States. Hurricane Katrina struck New Orleans on August 29,2005. The vulnerable population of New Orleans is the low-income, poor and African-American population with one of the highest uninsured rates. Katrina destroyed the health safety net and changed the city's healthcare landscape. New Orleans faced flooding that caused more than millions of residents to evacuate. Many hospitals were closed a year after Katrina. Charity hospital was one of the hospitals closed and, it is primarily used by the poor and uninsured population. Rebuilding the city's healthcare infrastructure was a huge concern because of the uncertainty of knowing the size and composition of the population
