Bodies raise new questions on storm aid - Yahoo! News

Bodies raise new questions on storm aid - Yahoo! News: "Wed Sep 14, 8:14 AM ET

NEW ORLEANS (Reuters) - The discovery of at least 44 bodies in an abandoned hospital in New Orleans raised new questions about the response to Hurricane Katrina on Tuesday as
President George W. Bush took full responsibility for government failures in handling the disaster.

Rescuers found the corpses at the Memorial Medical Center on Monday, the same day Bush toured the city. They raised the official death toll from the August 29 storm to more than 500 and officials said some may have died while waiting for help that did not arrive for several days after the hurricane.

A spokesman for the Louisiana Department of Health and Hospitals said on Tuesday at least 44 bodies from the 317-bed hospital had been taken to a morgue for autopsies. The department said earlier 45 bodies had been discovered. Reporters who tried to enter the facility on Tuesday were blocked by National Guard soldiers."