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Date Posted: 18:13:52 02/23/06 Thu
Author: amadaun
Subject: Iatrogenic deaths
In reply to: amadaun 's message, "Stilly - re your medicine and big business thread" on 17:41:37 02/22/06 Wed

Twan, regarding the your perception of alternative therapies vs orthodox- I think the figures say it all.
This from Mercola.com-

"One year later, in 1995, a report in JAMA said that, "Over a million patients are injured in U.S. hospitals each year, and approximately 280,000 die annually as a result of these injuries. Therefore, the iatrogenic death rate dwarfs the annual automobile accident mortality rate of 45,000 and accounts for more deaths than all other accidents combined." http://www.mercola.com/2003/nov/26/death_by_medicine.htm

I have always said that I am glad that your experience with orthodox medicine had a good outcome, but many other people are not so lucky.

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[> Re: Stilly - re your medicine..... -- 23, 21:51:54 02/23/06 Thu [1]

I don't quite understand. Are you saying those injuries were intentional? Medicine is a human endeavor. Humans make mistakes. Yes, there is plenty of room for improvement. But let's not throw out the baby with the bathwater.

I'd also be very interested to see a breakdown of those numbers - which injuries they consider the fault of the hospital.

"but many other people are not so lucky."

And I'm sure they, and the people who love them, have a very negative view of orthodox medicine.

I think it's far too simplistic a viewpoint to say that the medical establishment is only out to get money. I would wager that the vast majority of the people who work in medicine first felt called to do so because of an urge to help people. Corruption is there, yes. The pharmaceutical industry is rotten to the core, yes. But it isn't evil, just flawed.

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