Medical Mishap Stories

Medical errors and accidents: an ongoing threat to health …

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The causes of harm vary widely: slips of the scalpel, lapses like mixing up lab results, faulty decision-making, inadequate training, evasion of known safety practices, miscommunication, equipment failures, and many more. The ease with which medical errors can occur is striking. To perform a bronchoscopy to rem… See more

10 shocking medical mistakes | CNN

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This Medical Mishap Kills 33,000 Americans a Year

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This Medical Mishap Kills 33,000 Americans a Year | MedPage Today Hospital-Based Medicine > General Hospital Practice …

12 Most Famous Medical Malpractice Cases - Leighton Law

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Medical Mishaps | New York Post

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Doctors stunned to discover electric toothbrush in 9-year-old's intestines. December 28, 2022 | 11:34am. Alarming X-rays revealed the brush was caught in the …

6 Medication Error Stories That Made Headlines - Cureatr

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4. Tryptophan prescribed instead of baclofen This medication error cost the life of a Canadian child. According to a report from the ISMP Canada Safety Bulletin, the child had been receiving a prescribed dose of …

Stories – Medical Mishaps

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Overconfident Surgeon let my Dad Almost Bleed to Death. Dr. Yalowitz performed a simple prostate size reduction surgery on my dad who had an enlarged prostate. When …

13 Disturbing Cases of Medical Malpractice - Rosen & Perry

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13 Disturbing Cases of Medical Malpractice 1) Dana Carvey Bypasses Wrong Artery In 2001, USA Today reported one of the more well known cases of medical …

Top 10 Disastrous Mistakes Performed During Surgery

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Three years earlier, she had been smuggled into the US by her parents, who wanted her to get medical treatment for her failing heart and lungs. Philanthropist Mack Mahoney read about her story in a …

3 horrific medical mistakes that scandalize the profession

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Medical mistakes claim about 400,000 people every year in U.S. It seems that the number of deaths due to medical negligence is increasing every year. Here is the evidence: In 1999, the famous "To Err …