Death of woman hospitalized for 'horrific' bedsore sparks criminal investigation

Woman died as a result of complications from untreated pressure ulcer

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Expert says pressure injuries such as bedsores are preventable

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1 in 18 Canadian hospital patients experience harm from preventable errors

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Surprised?

Stroke mistaken for drunkenness

Inuvialuit woman says uncle's stroke mistaken for drunkenness

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N.W.T. orders review of case after niece says stroke victim was treated as drunk

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Dangerous mix of medication leads to faulty Alzheimer's diagnosis

Boy, this article is reassuring, isn't it?

Brings to mind these, sadly but too true, lyrics.

"More than one in three Canadian seniors fills a prescription for a risky medication that should be avoided in older patients, say researchers......: 

Jun 22, 2016

When patient advocates are better than doctors

Really, do we need a patient advocate‽

Maybe.
Probably not.
We have regulating bodies like the C.P.S.O. looking after us!

Here's a reassuring article.

Last, but not least, in Ontario we have the

Ontario Hospital Association

Hospital mistakes that should never happen

Wishful thinking‽

Dangers of pharmacists' alert fatigue.

When I saw this article, it isn't just a pharmacist trouble area but that of doctors as well.

As one's age becomes more "golden" the number of medications on the shelf seems to increase at an alarming rate. This make one wonder if there there are adverse drug interactions that we should pro-actively investigate on our own!

An update?

Jan 19, 2015

Removing the carpets seems to have improved hospital cleanliness

WOW

Medication mix-up

Man given different patient’s medications by mistake

Medical debate over defining death

Medical debate over defining death has implications for organ donors

Doctors need to harvest organs within two hours after the heart stops or they may deteriorate beyond use.

HARVEST! ?‽

The standards for defining death in Canada vary so much that the hospital where a dying person ends up may affect when they are declared dead.

Are there standards?


Paralysed stroke victim experiences every patient's worst nightmare as he hears doctors discussing whether to donate his organs but couldn't speak out

3 April 2014




Donation After Cardiac Death (DCD)
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Short ones - Benefit of doubt
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Baby born after confounding medics

Told her child had died and had returned to hospital to begin taking a series of abortion pills.

Problem!

Inaccurate diagnosis!

Baby girl born alive weeks later!

Details

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Family doctors diagnosing PTSD offered advice

Could Colleges of Physicians and Surgeons along with Hospitals, unwittingly (charitable) through carelessness, be a major cause of PTSD among civilians?

Take a look at this page. Does it help explain the above question‽

With thanks to anonymous!

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Miracle? Man pronounced dead comes back to life

Ohio man pronounced dead comes back to life after 45 minutes

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Website pulls together global information on patient safety, quality care

THANK GOD!

This blog, I guess, is now redundant!

Isn't it?

Regional Clinical Services Road Map

Blogs, such as this one with its links, could be a ready source of public input!

How are(n't) health services delivered in this or any other region?


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There isn't any flaw in this plan, is there?
Tunnel vision, I hope not!

Clinical Services Roadmap On the web



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Hospital high death rates

Is anytning going to be done to make hospitals safer and better?

Consider checklists, maybe?

Probably not on a large scale.

Battle brews over access to hospital records

Some naively believe reasonable access is possible.

The tooth fairy exists?

It doesn't!

Boo Hoo

Robbie’s Law

Robbie’s Law and the Need for a Statutory Duty of Candour - October 14th, 2010

The Care Quality Commission (Registration) Regulations, which came into force in April 2010, provide for a statutory duty on healthcare providers to report incidents which harm patients to the National Patient Safety Agency (NPSA).

AvMA’s report states that, “everyone needs to understand that it is simply unacceptable to allow dishonesty over medical accidents. Sending the message that cover ups may be tolerated (as the current arrangements do) can in no way support an open and fair culture.”

Legal Duty of Candour - 'Robbie's Law'

PROPOSAL FOR A

LEGAL DUTY OF CANDOUR IN HEALTHCARE

see no evil, hear no evil, speak no evil

Oh, isn't it remarkable at how confident we can be with the effectiveness of the self regulation that the medical profession has achieved world wide?

Are patients safer?

Patient group aims to lift veil on medical errors

Each year, medical errors kill almost 24,000 Canadians, yet many patients say they struggle getting hospital staff to admit the mistakes. That why they've formed a new group calling for that to change.

That's nearly one needless death every 20 minutes!


Patients for Patient Safety Canada




Patients for Patient Safety Canada Launches Nationally



An average of 195,000 people in the USA died due to potentially preventable, in-hospital medical errors in each of the years 2000, 2001 and 2002

That's nearly one needless death every 3 minutes!

Inquiry may be held into boy's death in 1990

An example of the swift response
to clear up ethical questions dealing with the
MEDICAL PROFESSIONS?