A recent study done by Johns Hopkins Medicine, says that Medical error is the third leading cause of death in the United States, after heart disease and cancer.
The analysis done on the rate of death due to medical error, taken from U.S. CDC, estimated that at least 250,000 people in the United States died not from the orignal illness or injury that brought them to hospital, but from preventable mistakes.
Source: https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/to-your-health/wp/2016/05/03/researchers-medical-errors-now-third-leading-cause-of-death-in-united-states/?utm_term=.6a59d3ae299c
Why does medical errors happens?
In a study by the FDA that evaluated reports of fatal medication errors from 1993 to 1998, the most common error involving medications was related to administration of an improper dose of medicine, accounting for 41% of fatal medication errors.
Other than that, when people are admitted to hospital, they are at risk of more than just their illness. There are:
Because doctor and nurses are human too!
As patients, we like to think that our doctors know it all, that they know what they are doing, and that they will do it right. But like patients, doctors are only human too.
So what we can do to help ourselves?
Prevention is the best course of action!!!
When ill or injured, it is always a good idea to seek medical help. However, the best course of action would be try to avoid illness and injury to begin with. This, of course, starts with taking good care of our health!
As advanced as medical care is, we cannot cure an illness.
A good diet and exercise on daily basis are key to keeping good health.
Other than that, knowledge is our strongest defense!
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What else can be expected if the one who claims to save your life turns out to be this much careless that it could cost someone’s life?
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