79-year - old Jannie Johnson died in New Orleans hospital . The review was initiated after an August 2009 New York Times article quoted a doctor as saying Memorial patients were given morphine and other drugs after Katrina struck in August 2005 , with hospital staff knowing that it could hasten some of the patients ' deaths . Newspaper quoted doctor as saying patients received morphine after death . ` ` This patient was extremely sick , '' coroner says . He said he does n't have received enough drugs to kill her .
79-year - old Jannie Johnson died in New Orleans hospital . Newspaper quoted doctor as saying patients received morphine after death . ` ` This patient was extremely sick , '' coroner says . He said he does n't have received enough drugs to kill her .