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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My husband is a doctor, and is mortally afraid of medical errors. He says they are extremely common and rarely reported. There is almost always a cover up.[/quote]
I am a nurse and yes, this is true. And honestly, there is a lot more cover up when the mistake is done by the physician. Us nurses are a dime a dozen in the hospitals' eyes... but physicians, not so much.  Nurses joke about which physicians we would avoid bc we see the mishaps (that most often get dealt with efficiently and effectively so no harm comes to the patient). Also-I cannot emphasize this enough-but nurse to patient ratios are a big deal.  When nurses have too many patients, things fall through the cracks.  I wish hospitals would advertise their ratios to patients. [/quote]
Good idea for consumers to demand hospital stats about nurse/patient ratios. I remember when women needed to choose an obstetrician. You would first ask their percentage of cesarean surgeries. Details matter. Your life can depend on it.

Hospital mistakes are the third leading cause of death.[/quote]

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