Medical mistakes rampant in US hospitals

Here's something to consider next time you go under the knife: a new study from Johns Hopkins Medical School shows just how often surgeons have made serious mistakes during the past 20 years. For starters, the study found surgeons leave foreign objects, such as a sponge or a towel, inside of their patients around 39 times a week. Peter Pronovost, senior vice president for patient safety at Johns Hopkins, talks about the study with RT's Meghan Lopez.
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[john bridge]

MORE DOCTORS KILL MORE PEOPLE THAN GUNS DO

[p4h10oso]

Drs. don't kill ppl, scalpels do, OUTLAW SCALPELS NOW!!

[p4h10oso]

Go get a job you lazy bum.

[sara kaye]

LOL

[sara kaye]

Absolutely - this is so true.

[ClanTheNuke]

SEXY PEOPLE THREATEN MARRIAGES

BAN ALL SEXY PEOPLE NOW!!!

[SickSchizophrenic]

Well you're in luck, because apparently you can now have people fired for being too beautiful.

[wjksea]

The corporate mentality and the legal system built around it has created social pathology.

[wjksea]

Apparently the millions of dollars that JCAHO takes from the system pulling petty stunts and harassing floor staff through administration isn't working. Would an egalitarian system instead of a corporate government controlled one work better?