ACAM Flies Parkinson's Patient and Wife from New Orleans Hospital
Frank, 73, and his wife Marion, 74, were stranded in a New Orleans hospital following Katrina. Frank, a Parkinson's patient, had been evacuated to Bunkie General Hospital, and Marion was by his side. Without medication, his condition had worsened and he was curled up in a fetal position. The couple lost everything in the hurricane and had nowhere to go. Their daughter, Cheryl, who lives in California, called ACAM with hopes of getting an air ambulance so her parents could join her.

ACAM was able to arrange and fund a flight on Sept. 9, with Frank and Marion traveling on a Lear 25 jet. The plane was staffed with a nurse and a respiration therapist. Frank was admitted to Saddleback Memorial Medical Center in Laguna Hills, Calif., and Marion moved in with her daughter.

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