An unsinkable commitment to patients and each other

在哈维飓风的后果，大家一件事可以达成一致的是，没有人预料到成长为“创纪录”风波成为下探几乎52英寸对休斯敦雨水和周边地区。

The trail of destruction it left in its path includes the deaths of more than 80 people and $180 billion in damages. Over 200,000 homes were flooded, and 39,000 people were forced to evacuate. Many thousands were rescued from the floodwaters by federal forces, local police, fire and rescue personnel, and area residents. In the end, nearly 13,000 homes and 1 million cars and trucks were destroyed.

Despite all that was lost, the crisis brought out the very best in people. Across the area, residents pitched in to help neighbors in need, and an unprecedented natural disaster was met with unprecedented kindness and humanity.

在MD安德森，医生，护士和工作人员表现出对病人和对方相同的无私和爱。征服这个问题承认该机构的员工表示在与飓风前后，以确保护理是连续的牺牲和奉献。不幸的是，并不是每一个这样的例子可以包含在这些页面;那里只是没有足够的空间来分享每一个值得的故事。但是，这也证明了人格的力量让谁，在全国最大的肿瘤医院工作，这也证明了他们的承诺，他们所服务的患者人群中常见的。

On the morning of Sunday, Aug. 27, as Harvey continued to batter the Houston area,Karen Lu, M.D., senior vice president and chief medical officer ad interim, and her husband made their way through eight flooded blocks from their home to a place where a high-water vehicle driven by University of Texas Police Department Officer Carl Willis could reach them.

威利斯然后把陆MD安德森，她加入了教职员工就骑出队，这是爱心的约530住院病人，一些300的家庭成员一起。UTPD也拿起卡罗尔·波特，D.N.P.，副总裁兼首席护理官，并发表她去医院。Porter and Lu joined Marian Von-Maszewski, M.D., assistant professor of Critical Care and Respiratory Care, who was serving as the Incident Commander during the storm, and the three led those on-site, as well as the entire institution, through the unprecedented storm and into the recovery period that followed.

These leaders’ readiness to step up and do whatever necessary to ensure patients were cared for and safe was mirrored by many during the crisis. Since the storm, stories of MD Anderson doctors and employees who put their own needs and safety aside have continued to be circulated and shared. Those include many from the cancer center’s nurses, pharmacy technicians, laboratory technicians, food services employees and UTPD staff, whom Lu described to NPR as the “unsung heroes” during the emergency.

• Dishing out praise
  凯伦,医学博士,首席医疗官临时credits teamwork and some unsung heroes with seeing the cancer center through the crisis.Read more
• 快速决策
  Marian Von-Maszewski, M.D., is no stranger to emergency situations. She trained under legendary trauma surgeon James “Red” Duke, M.D.Read more
• Innovative solutions
  University of Texas Police Department Assistant Police Chief Vicki King called on the Houston Police Department and the City of Houston for help in transporting vital blood donations and staff through the floodwaters.Read more
• A veteran of emergencies
  In her 40 years of nursing experience, Chief Nursing Officer Carol Porter, D.N.P., has cared for patients through blizzards, hurricanes and 9/11. Her training was valuable during Harvey.Read more