THE AUTHOR

Bennie Nobles, M.D., has many memories as a resident at Charity Hospital—some good and some bad. For instance, in January 1973, a 23-year-old Navy veteran, Mark Essex, entered a nearby hotel and started firing shots over the area with a sniper rifle. The black nationalist killed nine people in two separate attacks. After completing his residency, the author went into private practice in 1974 at Lakeside Hospital in Metairie, Louisiana, embarking on a career that spanned several decades.