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Surging presidential candidate Ben Carson was the target of at least six malpractice suits during his career as a neurosurgeon, according to a bombshell report published Wednesday, with one former patient alleging he left a sponge in her brain.
They're not, but we need to put it in perspective; was he sued any more or less than your average pediatric neurosurgeon? What would his peers have to say about those lawsuits?
Let me preface this by saying that Doctor Carson is a brilliant surgeon who is nonetheless a font of idiotic pseudo-scientific nonsense and is only in the political spotlight because one of our political parties is so base and childish that it puts any black man who loudly criticizes President Obama on a pedestal.
That said, I must echo another poster - malpractice suits are a common part of practicing medicine, so without much more information for context this doesn't mean a thing.
Not that it matters - even the complete and total clown-show that is the modern Republican Party won't nominate Ben Carson. He won't win a single caucus or primary, and anyone remotely acquainted with the nominating processes of the major parties knows it.
PS - There's no reason to post this article about a current candidate for political office in the Current Events section.
They're not, but we need to put it in perspective; was he sued any more or less than your average pediatric neurosurgeon? What would his peers have to say about those lawsuits?
This article does not separate pediatric neurosurgeons but indicates neurosurgeons in general have a 20% risk of a lawsuit per year. Add pediatric age groups and I suspect the risk would only increase. At 20% per year, it looks like nearly every neurosurgeon would eventually get sued. That's why their malpractice insurance premiums are astronomical.
"The nub of the article, though, is lifetime risk: how likely is a doctor to get sued in a lifetime of practice? The answer is — very, very likely. For those in high risk specialties, the chances are virtually 100%. So, if you become an obstetrician, you will be sued at least once. Even if you practice a low-risk specialty, like pediatrics, you have a 70-80% lifetime risk of getting sued."
Just one more instance of the media trying to stir up the masses.
A no, the public has a right to know and to consider the facts one way or another. If it wasn't reported one camp or another would be on C-D complaining about the media NOT reporting the story.
A no, the public has a right to know and to consider the facts one way or another. If it wasn't reported one camp or another would be on C-D complaining about the media NOT reporting the story.
Shall we also say that every candidate that was a lawyer lost some cases as well? That is just as newsworthy.
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