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“Study Suggests Medical Errors Now Third Leading Cause of Death in the U.S.”

https://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/news/media/releases/study_suggests_medical_errors_now_third_leading_cause_of_death_in_the_us

“Analyzing medical death rate data over an eight-year period, Johns Hopkins patient safety experts have calculated that more than 250,000 deaths per year are due to medical error in the U.S. Their figure, published May 3 in The BMJ, surpasses the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC’s) third leading cause of death — respiratory disease, which kills close to 150,000 people per year.”

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patient safety experts have calculated that more than 250,000 deaths per year are due to medical error in the U.S.

That's why whenever I'm sick I visit my local car mechanic.........He even throws in an oil change for free.