A 9/11 each month

[n2doc]

Dead by Mistake: Within health care hides massive, avoidable death toll
By CATHLEEN F. CROWLEY AND ERIC NALDER
HEARST NEWSPAPERS

Richard Flagg drowned in his own blood.

Stanley Stinnett choked on his own vomit.

Both were victims of the leading cause of accidental death in America -- mistakes made in medical care.

Experts estimate that a staggering 98,000 people die from preventable medical errors each year. More Americans die each month of preventable medical injuries than died in the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001.

n addition, a federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention study concluded that 99,000 patients a year succumb to hospital-acquired infections. Almost all of those deaths, experts say, also are preventable.

more:

http://www.seattlepi.com/health/409134_deadbymistake10.html

[bob4460]

1. WOW we need HEATH CARE reform n/t

[Armchair QB]

2. People die in hospitals in countries with Government Healthcare too

I don't like this tactic of claiming that if we had Universal Health Coverage people would stop dying from mistakes or incompetence.

The question is, when they do, what will the government do to keep from paying the families for the mistakes of their doctors. Right now, I can sue a doctor for wrongful death or malpractice. Who do I sue if the Federal Government is running the show