Brain Death Diagnosis

"Haleigh Poutre speaks

Her case revealed massive,
dangerous bureaucratic incompetence
and the fallibility of the medical establishment."?

The miracle of Haleigh Poutre

Editorial:
Haleigh Poutre, ‘Persistent Vegetative States’ and Compassion

Stepfather to serve 12 to 15 years in Haleigh Poutre case
December 18, 2008

December 30, 2008

Best Medical/Health Issues Blog

BOO HOO

No Award This Year

Chief medical officer condemns organ donor decision

"The government's chief medical officer last night lashed out at the decision to ditch planned reforms for organ donations, warning that dying patients had been left on a 'knife-edge of despair'."

The benefits of 'opting out' are overstated

Is "TRUST" or the lack of trust in the current policy system of "self regulation" significant?

Perception

Shipman?

Powell?
and
Truth?

Alder Hey?

Legally dead?
Actually dead?
Medically dead?

The Goudge Inquiry?

Commission of Inquiry on Hormone Receptor Testing?

Miramichi Regional Health?

Hospital to bury unclaimed organs

Hannah's choice

"Hannah Jones has refused the heart transplant that could save her life.
But is a 13-year-old too young to make that decision?

Or is she the only person who can?"

"........., a former nurse who had worked in intensive care, and Hannah's father, Andrew, an auditor, are furious that the doctors appeared to assume that not only were they not acting in their daughter's best interests, but that Hannah was incapable of making a life-or-death decision."

'We told her we loved her.
She said, "Thank you for everything"'

Hannah's Choice: Saying No to a New Heart


Transplant for heart refusal girl
29 July 2009

Emergency-room nightmares

Emergency-room nightmares spur calls for action

A homeless man and double amputee,
died after sitting 34 hours in a Winnipeg emergency room

Reusing Syringes

A hospital in Lloydminster, Sask., has been reusing syringes to inject medication into intravenous lines, a practice that recently raised widespread concern in Alberta.

A common practice?

Syringe reuse for IV lines not just in High Prairie: nurses union


Respect for patients?

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At one time surgery staff washed up after
all the surgeries were completed.
Why wash up before? Surgery is a messy, dirty business!

A guide to the Hippocratic Oath

When I asked my medical students to name famous doctors in the history of medicine, their first answer was Harold Shipman, the GP who murdered hundreds of patients.

Man dead 'for some time' in Winnipeg ER before staff alerted

Judge recommends more legal funding
for family of Brian Sinclair in inquest

Is this a clear demonstration on the effectiveness of the Winnipeg Regional Health Authority's (WRHA) review of its approach to patients harmed as a result of breakdowns in the provision of care provided to the population it serves?

Medical errors killing
 up to 24,000 
Canadians a year

That's more than 2 every hour!

Nearly a Quarter of Canadians Report
a Preventable Adverse Event
in Own Care or That of a Family Member
Click here

Man's death in Winnipeg ER 'preventable'
chief medical examiner

A man waited 34 hours in the
Winnipeg Health Sciences Centre emergency room,
but died without getting treatment.

Ottawa's ER's are more compassionate?

'A disgrace'So WE WAITED AROUND 17 HOURS to see a doctor for 7 minutes

Do no harm

Discussions after Harm in the Healthcare Setting

“ If you take my pen and say you are sorry
and don’t give me back my pen,
nothing has happened.”
– attributed to Bishop Desmond Tutu.


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