Monday, December 17, 2007

Sick Kids staff shocked over pathologist's work habits

"A secretary who worked alongside Dr. Charles Smith for years says she found a bag of dried human tissue, a dish containing bones and a child's hospital bracelet during one of her frequent searches of the pathologist's ramshackle office."

Justice is equal for all in Canada?
Looking at this previous post would make you wonder.
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Hospital 'fines' for patient harm

"The taxpayer should not have to foot the bill for poor care that resulted in longer stays in hospital"

Maybe the idea is catching!
See Aug 19, 2007 post

The new policy raises the possibility of changes in medical practice
as doctors hew more closely to clinical guidelines.

The hospital where octuplets were born in January
has been fined for a second time
for failing to protect the family's medical privacy.

17 July 2009


Monday, December 10, 2007

Signals missed as errors piled up

Lack of oversight, shortage of pathologists contributed to `miscarriages of justice'





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