Health: Medical Errors ...

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Hi Anita,

 

>>Another old one .. but to me it points to a need for some oversight to

>>improve the quality of medical treatment in the USA. When patients die

>>as a result of malpractice by a doctor .. the doctor is forgiven and

>>continues to practice. Mistakes by folks in many other fields (not even

>>related to health care) usually result in them being fired .. and in

>>some fields it also means the end of the line for them professionally.

>

> [Anita R] Re: medical errors. My DH was in the hospital nearly 10 years

> ago with angina. In the middle of the night the nurse came in to give

> him an injection. THANK GOD he was awake enough to ask what it was. She

> said " it's your insulin " . He isn't a diabetic, and told her to check the

> chart..she argued with him, but he kept insisting...sure nuff it was for

> his roommate! To think what might have happened is really unthinkable!

 

Damn good example of what we all fear IF we are hospitalized .. and damn

good example of why there should be oversight .. and legislation if

necessary .. to ensure that humans are not treated as shabbily as they

are in MANY VERY EXPENSIVE hospitals in the USA. If the Veterans Admin

can get their ducks in order .. then the private hospitals can follow

suit. One would think that the elected excrement heads in the USA would

get off their lazy self-serving asses and do something positive.

 

The reason they don't do something about the medical system is the same

reason why they don't deal with the social security system .. it doesn't

affect them and theirs .. with but a few rare exceptions, what they do

(be they Democrat or Republican) is only what can make them look good

and win reelection. Almost all of them are Self-Serving folks.

 

If a member of my family were to become victimized by the system .. I'm

afraid that my reaction would be such that they would be making another

Death Wish movie because I would certainly seek revenge! Butch