17 Nov 2010

Hike in serious hospital errors

From Checkpoint, 6:08 pm on 17 November 2010

More patients were either harmed or at risk of being harmed in public hospitals in the past year. The latest report from the Health Quality and Safety Commission says three hundred and 74 people were victims of errors, that were life-threatening in some instances.

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