Hospital bungles are killing scores

Hospital bungles are killing scores : "There were 4.3 million people admitted to 759 public hospitals in 2004-05."

4.3 million admitted to hospital and 130 mistakes. In any other job those would be good figures. It can't happen with hospitals though because it means lives. So obviously it's about conditions, staffing and checking, double checking and quadruply checking. There have to be non stop checks all along the way. We are actually very good at protocols and procedures, so it'll change in hospitals but the main thing is to ensure no one is doing too much so that facts are muddied. I think patients, too, need to be part of that process and make sure they know what is occurring and what medication they need and what procedures. If the patient is clear and takes some control then that can only help the accuracy of treatment plans.