Saturday, December 22, 2012

Annals of Government Medicine

A National Health Service hospital in Great Britain has paid claims by 38 patients or their families, and has apologized to all of them for the grossly negligent care it provided. The Telegraph headlines:”Hospital apologises to 38 families for appalling care that saw a patient starve to death.”

An NHS hospital has apologised to 38 families after a patient starved to death and it left other dying people screaming in pain.

In one of the worst cases, a man had starvation recorded as the cause of his death after being treated at the hospital for two months. …

Read more at Powerline

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