Medical Errors

proudfather510 October 29, 2019 1 Comment

This week I watched a video that I had no idea would hit home the way it did. Dr. Gunn starts the video with a story of a patient who died in a stairwell in a hospital in San Francisco. I currently work at the sister hospital of the one she discussed. I’m very aware of the incident and even had to patrol stairwells when I was first hired because of it. Med errors was the reason her sister died and Dr. Gunn talks about holding doctors and administrators accountable for these errors that cost people their lives. This semester we have discussed many times how doctors have lost trust. Med errors are rarely discussed as it may make the physicians look bad and open them up to lawsuits but when life is involved, accountability shouldn’t be asked, it should be guaranteed.

https://youtu.be/Lu-HcylvuU8

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My name is Chauncey Jackson and I currently reside in Alameda, Ca but was raised in Fairfield, Ca. The pronoun I go by is he. I am married with a two year old daughter and 1 more daughter on the way in January. I am a senior in college but I am 34 years old. I decided to go back to school to enhance my career as a healthcare professional. I am Director of a department at San Francisco hospital and believe this course can help further my knowledge of healthcare and the medical world. I'm a sociology major and look forward to learning new topics that elevate my thinking and understanding of medical sociology and apply it to my job now. View more posts

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sstteepphhaannii says:

October 31, 2019 at 11:21 pm

Hi
Thank you for posting the link for the Ted Talk. I watched it and Annas’ story made me sad because she shouldn’t have died. Her doctors should have done something the first time she came into the hospital. I think that hospitals do make many careless errors because they don’t pay attention to their patients’ needs. It is very important for doctors to make it their main goal.

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