Up to 24,000 Canadians Die from Medical Errors
The Canadian Adverse Events Study: the incidence of adverse events among hospital patients in Canada
The interpretation of this study estimated that between 141,250 to 232,250 of 2.5 million patients admitted to acute care hospitals experienced 'adverse events' (AEs) a.k.a medical mistakes. A significant number of patients died or experienced a permanent disability because of AEs and between "9250 to 23 750 AE deaths could have been prevented."
CTV had a report on their 11 o'clock news May 31 '05 about an Ontario woman who had a bleeding ulcer, saw 4 doctors, was sent home and later died because of it. This is an example of a preventable AE.
Her daughter took the matter to the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario where they dismissed her claim.
The reason? See this report to get a better idea what the daughter was dealing with.
posted by HR at 6/01/2005 01:45:00 a.m.
4 Comments:
HR,
Have updated my John D'Amico post to include a link to this. Excellent!
Thanks Bob, er Pax, um Mr. Orr, Bob Orr? Bobby Orr? no relation?
No relation that I'm aware of, at any rate. In fact, I never played the game (though Dog the wonder son plays roller hockey and once, in their younger days, Dog and Dolly the dutiful daughter played on the same floor hockey team).
HR, I hyped this on Small Dead Animals. It deserves it.
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