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NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana (CNN) -- The nation's second-largest health care company -- besieged for years by allegations of Medicare fraud and overbilling taxpayers -- now finds itself as the operator of a New Orleans hospital where some doctors and staff are under investigation for deliberately killing patients in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina.
Louisiana Attorney General Charles Foti is investigating what he calls "credible" allegations that patients at Memorial Medical Center were euthanized in the frantic days following the storm. Foti has told CNN he has "a very good case."
Tenet Healthcare, based in Dallas, Texas, will not discuss the investigation at its New Orleans hospital, except to say it is cooperating with state officials. But those familiar with the company's checkered history say they aren't surprised it is a Tenet hospital that is under scrutiny.
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