July 26, 2011

Hospitals Much More Dangerous Than Flying

[From article]
"If you were admitted to hospital tomorrow in any country... your chances of being subjected to an error in your care would be something like 1 in 10. Your chances of dying due to an error in health care would be 1 in 300," Liam Donaldson, the WHO's newly appointed envoy for patient safety, told a news briefing.
This compared with a risk of dying in an air crash of about 1 in 10 million passengers, according to Donaldson, formerly England's chief medical officer.

http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/07/21/us-safety-idUSTRE76K45R20110721

Going into hospital far riskier than flying: WHO
By Stephanie Nebehay
Reuters
GENEVA
Thu Jul 21, 2011 2:23pm EDT

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