Medical Errors Now Third Leading Cause of Death

MEDICAL ERRORS NOW THIRD LEADING CAUSE OF DEATH

The Institute of Medicine revealed that medical errors are now the third leading cause of death in the United States.

Dr Martin Makary, a professor of surgery at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, led research which also revealed that incidents of nurses administering drugs to the wrong patients, surgeons removing the wrong body parts and such other medical errors throughout hospitals and health care facilities are commonplace.