I agree that Ms. McManus has a right to question the circumstances of her mother's death but I also think that it shouldn't be assumed that her version is the only one. This sounds to me like fertile ground for ugly rumors--there's so much anger over it already, there's so much feeling about underprivileged people being abandoned, there's so much resentment that relief efforts have been such a failure, I'm afraid that EVERYONE is looking for a scapegoat.

I wish I half believed that there was actually going to be a thorough, unbiased, investigation into this. Nothing in this woman's record suggests that she is a renegade or that she has ever been cavalier in her attitude towards her work or her patients. If she's going to be investigated, she deserves to have it done properly and not just to appease the extraordinarily squeaky wheels. I hope those who are after her are thanking their lucky stars they didn't have to go through it. Not just the storm, but the responsibility. Holy cow.