As if having to go through Hurricanes Katrina and Wilma wasn't traumatic enough, six senior residents at Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center (LSUHSC) in New Orleans have more trouble in store for them -- studying for the board exams without crucial radiology textbooks.
The University Hospital library was located in the basement, which flooded up to the ceiling, according to Dr. Emily Billingsley, chief resident in the department of radiology.
While there is a chance that some education material on DVD or CD survived the flooding, the books are a lost cause. As a result, the department is seeking donations to restock its library.
Click here for a list of educational materials that the department needs to replace as soon as possible. The department will also accept monetary contributions.
Clean-up efforts are under way at University Hospital, which is slated to reopen in 2006, despite earlier reports that the buildings were beyond repair. However, not all 30 imaging residents will return to New Orleans; some will be sent to other hospitals in southeastern Louisiana. As a result, multiple copies of the same textbooks are necessary, said Billingsley, who is currently working out of a hospital in Lafayette, LA.
The department will accept titles that are not on the list, as first-year residents will also require educations materials, she added.
The donation drive was spearheaded by the American Roentgen Ray Society (ARRS), which has already fielded contributions from its members, including a complete collection of the American Journal of Roentgenology starting from 1951, according to Keri Sperry, ARRS director of communications and development.
For more information on making a donation, e-mail [email protected].
LSUHSC meets Internal Revenue Service (IRS) code section 501(c)(3) as a public charitable organization. Contributions, including books, made to charitable organizations by individuals and corporations are deductible under IRS code section 170.
By Shalmali Pal
AuntMinnie.com staff writer
November 1, 2005
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