Deaths caused by hospital mistakes 'up 60 per cent in two years'

Telegraph ^ | 06 Jan 2009 | Jon Swaine

[krb]

That is a huge spike. From a statistical point of view either they are counting more things as errors than they used to, or something really really bad has happened.

[brownsfan]

Nothing like disinterested government employees giving critical care.

[who_would_fardels_bear]

The rate in America is something like 90,000/year.

[george76]

Welcome to Obamacare

[ClearCase_guy]

"they need this news like a hole in the head."

Incidents of holes being improperly placed in people's heads are up only 10%.

[theDentist]

Wait’ll it’s free!

[meandog]

“First, do no harm”—Hippocrates

[Just another Joe]

More people are killed by Dr.'s and hospitals mistakes than are murdered by concealed carry holders.

Things that make you go, hmmmmmmmmmmm.

[mewzilla]

Is my math bad, or are there about 2800 patient deaths left unaccounted for by the article?

[george76]

socialized medicine...

All the effeciency of the Post office and the warmth of the IRS at PENTAGON prices

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[krb]

It’s the change in the rate that’s interesting. How has ours changed in the last two years?

[Uncle Miltie]

Clearly, the U.K. needs a scalpel ban.

Too many avoidable scalpel deaths.

People really don't need scalpels anyway, when they can't get through the line at the government rationed medical system.

[dfwgator]

Thinking of that old Cosby routine, this is never good:

Doctor: Sponge...Clamp...Forceps...Oops!
Patient: Whaddyasay?
Doctor: Nothin’
Patient: You said - ‘Oops,’ didn’t you? Now what did you do?
Doctor: Nothin’
Patient: Whaddaya mean, nothin’? What did you do? I know what I did when I say - ‘Oops.’ Now what did you do?

[sheik yerbouty]

Jihad medicine in Britainistan?

[mewzilla]

Well, since you mentioned it, from last February....

Muslim medics refuse to roll up their sleeves in hygiene crackdown - because it's against their religion

[IYAS9YAS]

Or, possibly more politically correct "doctors, nurses, and staff" in the form of Muslims?

Oopsie, didn't mean to unhook your ventilator, praise allah.

[george76]

No washing hands and arms

[ravingnutter]

I believe that...doctors have almost killed my husband 3 times in the last 2 years. Twice with medications he shouldn’t have been prescribed due to his heart condition, which I caught and corrected them on, even to the point of having to recommend a substitution. The other was with faulty sternum wires which exploded in his chest after his triple bypass and they would not listen to his complaints about the pain. Two wires were broken and he had a 1 inch piece of wire just floating around in his chest cavity for almost a year before they finally did an x-ray. He just had surgery to remove them a month ago.

[Andyman]

You are correct. England has a serious problem with infections in their hospitals. Most of the missing deaths are because of that.