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Tex · 03-13-2008, 11:10 PM

Apparently Dennis Quaid is going to be on 60 Minutes talking about his twin infants' horrible ordeal at a hospital that administered the wrong medicine to them.

In the process he says 100,000 Americans die in hospitals each year from medical mistakes.

Is it me, or does this sound a little high?

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2008/...n3936412.shtml

03-13-2008, 11:10 PM	#1
Tex Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2006 Posts: 8,596	100,000 people dead each year due to medical mistakes? Really? Apparently Dennis Quaid is going to be on 60 Minutes talking about his twin infants' horrible ordeal at a hospital that administered the wrong medicine to them. In the process he says 100,000 Americans die in hospitals each year from medical mistakes. Is it me, or does this sound a little high? http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2008/...n3936412.shtml __________________ "Have we been commanded not to call a prophet an insular racist? Link?" "And yes, [2010] is a very good year to be a Democrat. Perhaps the best year in decades ..." - Cali Coug "Oh dear, granny, what a long tail our puss has got." - Brigham Young