Doctor Error: One in five don’t own up (but most Canadians do)

Medical error: One in 10 harmed by mistakes in hospital

One in 10 people admitted to a hospital in Britain will be injured or harmed because of a mistake by the staff, and 40,000 die every year as a consequ...

Doctor Error: One-third of hospital doctors make ‘major mistake’ every year

A third of all hospital doctors make at least one major mistake – which may harm the patient or even result in his death – every year, a new study has...

Medical mistakes: Who's paying?

Errors in hospitals have become so commonplace that health insurers in the US are stopping payments for a range of avoidable mistakes.

Medical mistakes: doctors say the system's to blame

A recent US document published by the Institute of Medicine showed that up to 98,000 people die in the US each year due to medical error more than die...

Health Controls: Canadians beat Big Pharma

If you ever think you’re powerless against the seemingly indomitable challenges of Big Pharma and law-makers, just remind yourself what the Canadians...

Doctors are also victims of medical errors

In a recent US survey, over 40 per cent of people said they or their families had been the victim of medical errors - as did 35 per cent of doctors