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.
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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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