Vito Steockli wrote:


Sorry Katy but I fail to see the humor. MDs' "medical misadventures" kill at
least the 125,000 you mention (some put it at 2 or 3x that) but nobody even
notices.

I'd hardly say that 'nobody botices.' But if you genuinely believe that doctors
kill that many people, don't go to one.



To put a face on one of these "misadventures", a famous lady motorcycle
rider suffered a minor concussion in a crash that left her BMW unrideable so
she opted to stay in the hospital overnight. Her husband arrived and they
visited several hours, planning to head for home in th morning. But next
morning she was dead!! Seems somebody gave her an injection meant for a
different patient .....

Can you imagine the hubub if .... oh well.

I can imagine there was a LOT of hubbub over a case like that.

Aside from that tragic mistake, doctors don't usually give people shots. Nurses
or increasingly in this economic climates, half-trained aids, give shots.



No intent to pick on you Katy but US medicine is in a sorry state and we're
too busy worrying about drug dealers shooting each other to even notice.

That must be why everybody who can afford it comes to American hospitals for
major operations.

DSK