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[Hurricane Katrina] Belle Chasse, LA, October 25, 2005 - This Mobile Medical Unit is set up as a clinic which includes 575 sq. ft. of patient treatment area with diagnostic x-ray, clinical laboratory, pharmacy and minor surgery suite. FEMA provides this transportable facility and several others like it to parishes affected by Hurricanes Katrina and Rita in Louisiana. Robert Kaufmann/FEMA

[Hurricane Katrina] Belle Chasse, LA, October 25, 2005 - This is the diagnostic x-ray and minor surgery suite of the Mobile Medical Unit located in Plaquemines Parish. FEMA provides this transportable clinic, medical staff, equipment and pharmaceuticals, as well as medical care, all free of charge to communities affected by disasters. Robert Kaufmann/FEMA

[Hurricane Katrina] Baton Rouge, LA, March 6, 2006 - FEMA provides both mobile homes and travel trailers as temporary housing for disaster victims at various sites throughout Louisiana. The mobile home is slighly larger than the travel trailer and is usually reserved for large families and those with medical conditions that cannot be accomodated in a travel trailer. Robert Kaufmann/FEMA

[Hurricane Katrina] Plaquemines Parish, LA November 7, 2005 - The National Disaster Medical System (NDMS) set up one of the new, innovative, fully self-contained Mobile Medical Units along Route 23 to treat persons who lost access to medical care when hurricanes Katrina and Rita slammed the area. Photo by Greg Henshall / FEMA

[Hurricane Katrina] Chalmette, LA, December 16, 2005 - A patient describes his symptoms with a nurse at the Primary Care Clinic in St. Bernard Parish. The facility located in a triple-wide office trailer offers free medical care to area residents, staffed by personnel from the U.S. Public Health Agency and FEMA Disaster Medical Assistance Team (DMAT). Robert Kaufmann/FEMA

[Hurricane Katrina] Chalmette, LA, December 16, 2005 - Clinic workers at the Primary Care Clinic in St. Bernard Parish. The facility is housed in a triple-wide office trailer and provides free health care to parish residents by staff from the U.S. Public Health Agency and FEMA Disaster Medical Assistance Team (DMAT). Robert Kaufmann/FEMA

[Hurricane Katrina/Hurricane Rita] New Orleans, October 6, 2005 - A medical simulation set up in one of the 12 operating rooms available on the hospital ship USS Comfort, now docked in the city to provide medical care for people affected by Hurricane Katrina, depicts the quality of medical expertise available on the vessel. The care provided by many city hospitals was severely compromised by the storm, making this floating hospital a major asset for the city. Win Henderson / FEMA

[Hurricane Katrina] Plaquemines Parish, LA November 7, 2005 - The National Disaster Medical System (NDMS) set up one of the new, innovative, fully self-contained Mobile Medical Units along Route 23 to treat persons who lost access to medical care when hurricanes Katrina and Rita slammed the area. The MMU is a complete mini-hospital. Photo by Greg Henshall / FEMA

[Hurricane Katrina/Hurricane Rita] New Orleans, October 6, 2005 - Medical corps personnel aboard the USNS Comfort, a medical ship docked here and providing backup medical facilities and personnel to the city, disinfect a gurney recently used to transport a patient from an ambulance to the ship. This floating hospital is treating people that city physicians are unable to provide care for because of the damages caused to area hospitals by Hurricanes Katrina and Rita. Win Henderson / FEMA

[Hurricane Katrina] Belle Chasse, LA, October 25, 2005 - This entire Mobile Medical Unit collapses into one single trailer for transport and travels to provide medical care to victims of disasters. Currently setup in Belle Chasse, Louisiana, patients are treated on a daily basis within the 575 sq. ft. of patient treatment area with diagnostic x-ray, clinical laboratory, pharmacy and minor surgery suite. Robert Kaufmann/FEMA

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