Iatrogenic deaths CAUSED BY DOCTORS

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" Over a million patients are injured in hospitals each year, and

approximately 280,000 die annually as a result of these [iatrogenic]

injuries. Therefore, the iatrogenic injury rate dwarfs the annual

automobile accident mortality of 45,000 and accounts for more deaths than

all other accidents combined. " JAMA, July 5, 1995, 274:29-34.

Harvard researchers studied hospital records from the state of New

York over

a one-year period. They estimated that more then 13,000 New Yorkers were

killed and 2,500 permanently disabled due to medical care. More than

51% of

the deaths were blamed on negligence.--New England J. of Medicine, Feb. 7,

1991.

Even the Centers for Disease Control reports about Iatrogenic death. They

say that 125,000 people are killed annually in the U.S. by infections

acquired in the hospital. The cost of treating such infections is $4.5

billion a year.

 

You can find plenty of good books on the subject also. In the book,

Confessions of a Medical Heretic, Robert S. Mnndelsohn, M.D. wrote:

 

" In 1976 in Bogota, Colombia, doctors went on strike during a 52-day

period.

The death rate went down 35% during that time. In Los Angeles in 1976,

doctors went on strike to protest increasing costs of malpractice

insurance.

The death rate decreased by 18%. When the strike ended, the death rate

returned to pre-strike proportions. In Israel in 1973, during a month-long

strike, the death rate dropped 50%. The last time the death rate had been

that low was when there was a doctor's strike 20 years before. "

 

A fantastic article was written in the Feb 1, 1999 New Yorker Called " When

Doctors make Mistakes " . I strongly suggest it for anyone that wants a

taste

of what physicians really do to their patients in this country.

[Guest guest]

There are many reasons for these hospital errors - although some serious work

needs to be done to lower the rates. Just like any other profession, there are

good docs and bad ones. I'm not into whole hog doctor-bashing. If your loved

one was in a serious accident, had a heart attack, etc., you wouldn't feel this

way. Physicians and other health care workers save many lives every day.

 

Becca

 

In a message dated 8/11/2004 10:34:17 AM Eastern Daylight Time, " russnhs "

<ccruss writes:

 

> " Over a million patients are injured in hospitals each year, and

>approximately 280,000 die annually as a result of these [iatrogenic]

>injuries. Therefore, the iatrogenic injury rate dwarfs the annual

>automobile accident mortality of 45,000 and accounts for more deaths than

>all other accidents combined. " JAMA, July 5, 1995, 274:29-34.

>Harvard researchers studied hospital records from the state of New

>York over

>a one-year period. They estimated that more then 13,000 New Yorkers were

>killed and 2,500 permanently disabled due to medical care. More than

>51% of

>the deaths were blamed on negligence.--New England J. of Medicine, Feb. 7,

>1991.

>Even the Centers for Disease Control reports about Iatrogenic death. They

>say that 125,000 people are killed annually in the U.S. by infections

>acquired in the hospital. The cost of treating such infections is $4.5

>billion a year.

>

>You can find plenty of good books on the subject also. In the book,

>Confessions of a Medical Heretic, Robert S. Mnndelsohn, M.D. wrote:

>

> " In 1976 in Bogota, Colombia, doctors went on strike during a 52-day

>period.

>The death rate went down 35% during that time. In Los Angeles in 1976,

>doctors went on strike to protest increasing costs of malpractice

>insurance.

>The death rate decreased by 18%. When the strike ended, the death rate

>returned to pre-strike proportions. In Israel in 1973, during a month-long

>strike, the death rate dropped 50%. The last time the death rate had been

>that low was when there was a doctor's strike 20 years before. "

>

>A fantastic article was written in the Feb 1, 1999 New Yorker Called " When

>Doctors make Mistakes " . I strongly suggest it for anyone that wants a

>taste

>of what physicians really do to their patients in this country.

>

>

>

>

>

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