Wednesday, January 22, 2014

Hospital error kills 20,000 each year in Germany...

Nearly 20,000 Germans are thought to die as a result of mistakes made in hospitals or clinics each year, a study released on Tuesday revealed.

Of the 18.6 million patients treated in hospitals and clinics each year, 190,000 patients report mistakes in their treatment. Of these errors, around 19,000 have fatal consequences, statutory health insurers AOK said following an investigation.

The number of general mix-ups was much higher, with around 360,000 to 720,000 incidents occurring that should not, each year.

Cases of mistreatment included everything from contracting hospital infections, to being prescribed the wrong drugs and having foreign objects left inside the body after operations, the report said.

 "More people die each year from hospital mistakes than in traffic accidents," the report said, after analyzing health risks patients faced in the medical system. Around 3,300 people die on the country's roads annually. Full story...

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