What is wrong with the UK health service for a horrific result like this?
I think of my big zipper scar on my belly,and how long it took to recover,it seemed to be 3-4 months before I could lie comfortably on my side.
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Man's stomach 'fell out' after op
Mr Sternat had undergone a stomach operation
A man recovering from a stomach operation had to be rushed back into hospital after his innards "fell out" when his wound burst.
George Sternat, of Cairns, Australia, had just had surgical staples removed from his abdomen.
Cancer patient Mr Sternat was relaxing in his garden when he screamed out in pain, the AFP news agency reported.
His partner Cheryl Orme said he shouted: "Get the ambulance, my stomach fell out."
When his wound burst open, Mr Sternats wrapped a towel around himself to hold his stomach in while his partner called an ambulance.
A spokeswoman for the Royal College of Surgeons of England told BBC News Online: "Operations should be carried out so that does not happen."
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/3673031.stm
Saturday, May 01, 2004
Sunday, April 25, 2004
Patients Die as Doctors Fear Malpractice:shameful failure of US health system
Iv been in Palm Beach,it has an awesome vulgar display of wealth,gated
mansions,more luxury yaughts than anyone needs, yet malpractice
insurance is preventing MDs from saving lives!
shameful failure of US health system
Patients Die as Doctors Fear Malpractice
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,118049,00.html
Last month, 53-year-old Barbara Masterson was rushed to a Palm
Beach County, Fla., hospital suffering a stroke and in need of
life-or-death care.
Jim Masterson said his wife was left untreated for five hours and
eventually died while doctors searched for an out-of-county physician
who'd operate. Not a single local neurosurgeon would come in, Masterson
said.
"If you have a stroke in this part of the country then you're in deep
trouble because the doctors won't see you," Masterson said.
Some neurosurgeons (search) aren't disputing his claim, saying they
can't afford malpractice insurance and are afraid of being wiped out by
lawsuits, so they reduce their risks by refusing emergency patients.
"It makes me feel very bad that I can't take care of a lot of
patients... That I have to send them on and I can't take care of them —
can't accept that risk," said Dr. Jacques Farkas, a neurosurgeon in
Palm Beach County (search).
Last month in Tallahassee, Fla., physicians blamed frivolous lawsuits
for sky-high medical insurance and pushed for caps on malpractice
attorney fees.
But some trial lawyers say there is no malpractice crisis and that
patients are dying because doctors are playing the blame game instead
of doing their job.
"I think its criminal," said trial attorney Marvin Kurzban. "I think
its dereliction of duty. I think that's malpractice also."
mansions,more luxury yaughts than anyone needs, yet malpractice
insurance is preventing MDs from saving lives!
shameful failure of US health system
Patients Die as Doctors Fear Malpractice
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,118049,00.html
Last month, 53-year-old Barbara Masterson was rushed to a Palm
Beach County, Fla., hospital suffering a stroke and in need of
life-or-death care.
Jim Masterson said his wife was left untreated for five hours and
eventually died while doctors searched for an out-of-county physician
who'd operate. Not a single local neurosurgeon would come in, Masterson
said.
"If you have a stroke in this part of the country then you're in deep
trouble because the doctors won't see you," Masterson said.
Some neurosurgeons (search) aren't disputing his claim, saying they
can't afford malpractice insurance and are afraid of being wiped out by
lawsuits, so they reduce their risks by refusing emergency patients.
"It makes me feel very bad that I can't take care of a lot of
patients... That I have to send them on and I can't take care of them —
can't accept that risk," said Dr. Jacques Farkas, a neurosurgeon in
Palm Beach County (search).
Last month in Tallahassee, Fla., physicians blamed frivolous lawsuits
for sky-high medical insurance and pushed for caps on malpractice
attorney fees.
But some trial lawyers say there is no malpractice crisis and that
patients are dying because doctors are playing the blame game instead
of doing their job.
"I think its criminal," said trial attorney Marvin Kurzban. "I think
its dereliction of duty. I think that's malpractice also."