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To: J_F_Shepard who wrote (508779)	8/28/2009 11:06:02 PM
From: Brumar89	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 1576627

I heard of a nurse being careless when removing a tape and causing needless pain to a child once. Thats it. Sounds like the medical profession must have it in for you guys. But why you think it wouldn't be even worse once all our medical personnel adopt a post office / DMV mentality is puzzling. I can only assume you're just stupid.

To: J_F_Shepard who wrote (508779)	8/29/2009 12:42:09 AM
From: bentway	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1576627

I know of several serious medical mistakes within my own circle of family and friends. They must be common as dirt.

To: J_F_Shepard who wrote (508779)	8/29/2009 9:21:19 AM
From: Brumar89	Read Replies (6) \| Respond to of 1576627

1 in 3 operations botched Foreign surgeons flown to UK to cut waiting times 'botched one in three operations' This is what liberals like Shep and Chris want for America. By Daily Mail Reporter Last updated at 4:53 PM on 28th August 2009 Terry Heath is suing Weston General Hospital over a knee operation A hospital which flew in Scandinavian surgeons to reduce waiting times is being sued after it was alleged that one third of the operations carried out were botched. Surgeons from Sweden, Denmark and Finland were flown into Britain between 2003 and 2006 as part of a £3million scheme to speed up hip and knee replacements. But concerns were raised about the quality of the work carried out and many patients fear the surgeons were insufficiently trained or skilled. More than one third of people operated on at Weston-super-Mare General Hospital (WGH), Somerset, had an unsatisfactory result and six legal cases are now being considered. Terry Heath, 65, who lives with wife Patricia in Bristol, is taking the hospital to court after a botched knee replacement operation left him unable to walk without crutches. The former Airbus worker said his life has been 'changed completely' by the overseas surgeon's mistake. Terry said: 'When I got the phone call about Weston hospital getting Swedish surgeons over to ease waiting lists I said if they are genuine surgeons I will have it done. 'I didn't think they would have spent all that money bringing them over if they were not up to the job. But I would not have had it done if I had known about this. 'This has changed our lives completely. I can't even get in the bath. 'I was always active and would have worked until I was 70 if this had not happened but I have just deteriorated.' Keen golfer Terry underwent replacement knee surgery at WGH in 2004 but had to be operated on again one year later to correct mistakes. But four years later, he is still suffering from severe pain and cannot walk without crutches. Terry, who suffers from a condition which means he has shorter than average limbs, has now launched a claim for damages against the hospital. His case will be heard next June and his solicitor Richard Barcan is now investigating whether the Scandinavian surgeon who operated on him was properly trained. Mr Barcan said: 'That sort of information we have not been given at the moment, yet it is so far down the line. 'In the meantime we cannot do anything to improve Mr Heath's life.' In 2004, consultant David Shewring sent letters to his patients claiming overseas doctors employed by Weston Area Health Trust (WAHT) may not have been skilled enough to carry out operations. In May this year it emerged that more than one third of patients operated on by Scandinavian surgeons in WGH had an unsatisfactory result. At least six of these people have sought legal help and are considering claiming damages against the hospital. WAHT, which runs the hospital, is currently conducting a review into the use of overseas surgeons which is due to be completed later this year. A spokeswoman for WGH said she was unable to comment on the matter due to ongoing legal proceedings. Read more: dailymail.co.uk

To: J_F_Shepard who wrote (508779)	8/29/2009 10:42:23 AM
From: i-node	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 1576627

I know of at least 3 or 4 of my own in a hospital, wrong meds delivered twice, and an air bubble in an IV tube that kept approaching my arm. I couldn't get anyone to respond to my call button so I pinched it off until someone responded. You do realize that air bubbles in IV lines, unless large ones, are harmless? Chances are you were over-reacting to a non-event. My brother died 2 years ago from colon cancer after his second tumor was not recognized until 2 years after the first even though a PET scan alerted them to the second a year earlier....the report was ignored or not read. My brother had the same primary for at least 30 years who never sent him for a colonoscopy or sigmo his entire life. He was anemic for at least 4 years and all he did was give him pills for anemia...he continued to be anemic after the first tumor was removed indicating he was still losing blood. This all sounds like your interpretation of events that may or may not be meaningful. It may well be, for example, that your brother's physician recommended a screening colonoscopy and your brother refused it. Happens every day and you would have no way of knowing this. As to the anemia, if he was anemic before and after, perhaps the physician disagrees with your interpretation. If he was being treated with any chemo, it is a pretty safe bet the oncologist was on top of the situation with the anemia. I don't know anything about this stuff, and you don't either. Sometimes, people are sick and they can't be healed. If mistakes were made, sue someone. That is your prerogative. But to impute some kind of massive claim that medical errors are killing 100,000s annually is a bit much.