Guest guest Posted February 22, 2003 Report Share Posted February 22, 2003 Food for thought? 1. The number of physicians in the US is 700,000. 2. Accidental deaths by physicians per year are 120,000. 3. Accidental deaths per physicians are .171. (US DEPT. OF Health and Human Services stats) Think about this; 1. The number of gun owners in the US is 80,000,000. 2. The number of accidental gun deaths per year, all age groups, is 1500. 3. The number of accidental deaths per gun owner is .0000188. Statistically, Doctors are 9000 times more dangerous than gun owners. Fact: NOT EVERYONE HAS A GUN, BUT ALMOST EVERYONE HAS AT LEAST ONE DOCTOR............ Please alert your friends to this alarming threat. We must ban doctors before this gets out of hand!!! As a public health measure, We have withheld the statistics on lawyers for fear the shock could cause people to seek medical attention. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 22, 2003 Report Share Posted February 22, 2003 In a message dated 2/22/03 1:51:32 PM Eastern Standard Time, lilliancrowe writes: > when the problem may have been a lab tech mystyping the blood. I wrote > malpractice coverage for doctors and hospitals in New England. The mistakes > are terrible, but global across the industry. The doctors are only a part > of the problem. Also many lawsuits that are not well founded, enter the > frey. Be careful Didn't a lab error account for a gal lately who had both breasts removed faultily? Jackie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 22, 2003 Report Share Posted February 22, 2003 You have not accounted for the myriad mistakes made by non-doctor medical employees. Your conclusions are well spirited...but based on faulty math. Example: don't know for sure, but this poor 17 yr old who was given a wrong blood type heart would be included in stats and blamed on the operating doctor, when the problem may have been a lab tech mystyping the blood. I wrote malpractice coverage for doctors and hospitals in New England. The mistakes are terrible, but global across the industry. The doctors are only a part of the problem. Also many lawsuits that are not well founded, enter the frey. Be careful with stats. They are a slippery sloap. I learned that back in the early sixties when I took several courses at the Cal State University campus in Hayward. .... Blessed Be. Look to your circles of magic for the best healing. Derius Stream - Janet Golden-Hogan Friday, February 21, 2003 10:52 PM OT: Stats Food for thought? 1. The number of physicians in the US is 700,000. 2. Accidental deaths by physicians per year are 120,000. 3. Accidental deaths per physicians are .171. (US DEPT. OF Health and Human Services stats) Think about this; 1. The number of gun owners in the US is 80,000,000. 2. The number of accidental gun deaths per year, all age groups, is 1500. 3. The number of accidental deaths per gun owner is .0000188. Statistically, Doctors are 9000 times more dangerous than gun owners. Fact: NOT EVERYONE HAS A GUN, BUT ALMOST EVERYONE HAS AT LEAST ONE DOCTOR............ Please alert your friends to this alarming threat. We must ban doctors before this gets out of hand!!! As a public health measure, We have withheld the statistics on lawyers for fear the shock could cause people to seek medical attention. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 22, 2003 Report Share Posted February 22, 2003 Not to get anyone's feathers ruffled, but I think it was sent as a funny! Even though I agree with you! They make WAY too many mistakes! I work for a Medical Clinic right now, and out of 32 Doctors, there is only 1 that I would trust out of the whole bunch! They depend on the Malpractice Insurance to bail them out! ===== Kick it up a Notch! Enjoy Life! Rachelle Tax Center - forms, calculators, tips, more http://taxes./ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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