Grandmother blasts the hospital and lab for destroying her leg. Lab Mistakes-Pt.5

"Mark Twain once said that "figures don't lie, but liars figure..." and the U.S. Chamber of Commerce along with the American Medical Association know how to make figures lie by falsely promoting untrue facts:
"Skyrocketing Health Care and Related Malpractice lawsuits increase insurance premiums."
"Doctors are abandoning their practices."
"Billions of dollars are wasted on defensive medicine."
"Too many frivolous lawsuits and out-of-control juries."
Steve Murphy (Voiceover): But the AMA's own award-winning Journal of the American Medical Association published an article with the real story, the real facts on healthcare related and medical malpractice lawsuits and they're shocking:
"106,000 patients die each year from the negative effects of medication."
"Another 80,000 patients die each year due to complications from infections incurred in hospitals."
"20,000 deaths per year occur from Lab Misdiagnosis mistakes and other hospital errors."
"12,000 people die each year as a result of unnecessary surgery."
"7,000 medical malpractice deaths per year are attributed to medication errors in hospitals."
That's, "225,000 deaths each year... due to medical negligence of some nature and Healthcare Related Mistakes," and the number is growing.
Today, the Insider Exclusive goes behind the headlines to examine how one well-known, national laboratory, Quest Diagnostics, made a near fatal mistake by mixing up a biopsy sample with that of another patient. That major mistake caused an 8-month delay in receiving life-saving treatment for Maria Rapio for a deadly cancer, a high grade sarcoma, which is a malignant and aggressive tumor. The lab's inexcusable error changed the once vibrant, active Maria forever. During that critical 8-month delay her infection spread to the bone so the doctor had to put in a metal rod in her leg. She suffered from an infection from this procedure and was hospitalized for over a month. Now her leg has been left severely deformed and she has to constantly go for check-ups to make sure her tumor has not spread. Had the correct diagnosis originally been given she would have saved these precious 8 months which for this type of tumor, could be life altering..."
To Schedule a Free Consultation with Maria's laywers at Greenberg and Stone, call 1-888-499-9700 or 305-595-2400. You can visit us at http://www.sgglaw.com/ or http://www.abogado.sgglaw.com/ (Espanol). Thank you.

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