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Originally Posted by miyu
Doctors may be the 3rd leading cause of death (according to the sensationalist article people love to read), but people who don't take care of themselves are most definitely the major leading cause of death.
If for every mistake you made in your life (i.e. forgetting to pay a bill, getting a parking ticket, putting down 2009 instead of 2010 on the check you are writing) somebody could potentially die... then you might understand the responsibility that doctors have to shoulder every second that they are working. You could make a small and petty mistake but it could still end in death. When that happens, doctors are devastated as well.
For each patient there are probably 1,000 mistakes a hospital could potentially make during their stay. The more complex the case, the more mistakes. If I get away with making a few that did not kill the person, I would be lucky. It has nothing to do with selfishness, although at the 30th hour of being awake on call, sleeplessness can definitely play a role.
Maybe people should just take better care of themselves so they can avoid the hospital and doctors.
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NO EXCUSES !
At $30.00 per aspirin I DEMAND perfection.
I am VERY healthy but if I get hit by some idiot because they were driving and texting and I end up in the hospital I want the staff to be flawless in their administration of my care. I shouldn't leave the hospital sicker than I was when I got there because some nurse is "having problems at home" or a doctor that needs to get some sleep.
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