Caporegime
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Impressive, their insurance alone can be twice what I earn.
The problem is that we seem to expect them to not be human. No matter how competent anyone is they can make human errors at any time. This should not be punished. Negligence caused by laziness or wilfully, on the other hand, needs action. Unfortunately, the grey area around genuine human error and, say, laziness is only ever going to benefit lawyers.
Yet in other careers it is punished.
The problem is that we seem to expect them to not be human. No matter how competent anyone is they can make human errors at any time. This should not be punished. Negligence caused by laziness or wilfully, on the other hand, needs action. Unfortunately, the grey area around genuine human error and, say, laziness is only ever going to benefit lawyers.
Google GMC inquests
Many doctors get struck off through true negligence.
And back to the original point - I can almost guarantee it wasn't deliberate negligence. It was a system that lacked a safety protocol, which had a very unfortunate outcome, the hospital admitted fault and systems will be in place to ensure it doesn't happen again. Which is the core concept of medicine.
Well today I learned medical care is nothing to do with the sciences of Biology and Chemistry.
So you think a surgeon failing to disclose he made an error which caused harm wasn't deliberate? He admitted he noticed the damage and didn't pass on the information at the time, what more do you need?
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The former. The specialist had apparently given instructions that the patient was to receive an incrimental increase of medication over a period of time to allow for tolerance et. Looking at the instructions, this has not happened and presumably the patient hasn't been receiving the benefit of receiving the medication at the correct dose.
I think we're going round in circles now.
Final example - if I cannulate someone, and miss the first try, I will try somewhere else.
I have caused 'harm' by puncturing the skin.
I will not document that I missed the first time because it isn't a done thing.
If that patient then develops a raging cellulitis from my first cannulation site and dies..
Am I in the wrong? Imade the error which caused harm but I didn't diclose it?
If i was questioned, I would have also said 'yes, on reflection, i did do this'. I would admit I noted the damage but didn't pass on the information at the time (to who?)
It doesn't always immediately equate to negligence.
Because we risk putting people off wanting to be a doctor. And we need doctors. We seek their help because there is nothing more we can do ourselves.
It is, but you're as has been said, wilfully misunderstanding what has been said.Well today I learned medical care is nothing to do with the sciences of Biology and Chemistry.
Well today I learned medical care is nothing to do with the sciences of Biology and Chemistry.
So we shouldn't hold them to any standards in case they quit?
We need teachers. We need police officers. We need fire fighters. Heck, we need cleaners. Shall we let them do whatever they want in case they quit?
It is of course a least harm balance Given the increasing difficulty in recruiting people such as teachers, (CRB Checks etc) Fire fighters and Police officers (And even Soldiers) these days, perhaps the balance of potential culpability has gone too far. You cannot force people to put their lives/careers on the line if easier and less contentious ways of making a living present themselves.
As i said earlier. I am sure i read somewhere that there are Hospitals in the US that will simply not admit patients with OB-GYN issues any more because it is just not worth the personal/commercial risk to do so.
Again in the US I dare say, as a consequence of BLM etc, it is becoming increasingly difficult to recruit top quality Police officers (Black OR White) to police Black majority neighbourhoods either (It probably always was really, but I imagine the situation is worse now. There will be stats available I am sure)
or dangerous/negligent actions (surgeon slips during surgery, knicks something they shouldn't, stitches patient back up, doesn't tell anyone, patient dies from preventable consequences).