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iRuleThisForum

Joined: 23 Jul 2004

Posted: Tue Aug 03, 2004 11:28 pm

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Anonymous MD(Medical doctor) survey was conducted to find out how often they make critical errors; the result of the survey shows that nearly half of ear, nose and throat specialists say a medical error occurred in their practice in the past six months, with more than 40 percent of those mistakes causing major injury or death. MDs(Medical doctors) are mere mortals after all, so they do make mistakes, but is the number too high? Is it acceptable?

macIsPoisonous

Joined: 23 Jul 2004

Posted: Tue Aug 03, 2004 11:46 pm

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... the result of the survey shows that nearly half of ear, nose and throat specialists say a medical error occurred in their practice in the past six months, with more than 40 percent of those mistakes causing major injury or death.

So you have 20% chance of getting injured seriously or die if you go visit a doctor. That's crazy.

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