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STOCKHOLM - Approximately 3 thousand people die in Sweden every year due to lack of good monitoring patient safety, according to two leading doctors in the country.
Both doctors are also urged to follow Sweden in other countries to overcome this problem. Similarly, as quoted from The Local, Monday (04/18/2011).
"We can not remain silent in response to this issue, because of medical treatment errors can also cause death," wrote Ulf Ljungblad, chief physician at Ostra Hospital in Gothenburg and Christer Engkvist, a former doctor at the County Council, Sweden, in an article in the newspaper Göteborgs -Posten.
Ljungblad and Engkvist discuss about medical errors harm Swedish society between USD9, 6 to USD16 billion.
Both leading physicians gave examples of several cases, including infants, the use of an overdose of painkillers, fault diagnosis and late the ambulances responded to the call.
"These cases are probably just like an iceberg phenomenon," according to them.
"Some of these cases are rarely exposed by the media," they added.
Ljungblad and urged Engkvist Sweden immediately following the steps the United States (U.S.), Denmark and Norway, which medical errors in there get more attention, for the sake of improving patient safety. One step that should be done according to them are doing a campaign about improving patient safety and care.
"There are many indications where current health care has a big problem will be its quality. This is why we must fix," they said.
"If all this can be repaired ,there will be no money for treatment that can be saved ,"they closed .
Both doctors are also urged to follow Sweden in other countries to overcome this problem. Similarly, as quoted from The Local, Monday (04/18/2011).
"We can not remain silent in response to this issue, because of medical treatment errors can also cause death," wrote Ulf Ljungblad, chief physician at Ostra Hospital in Gothenburg and Christer Engkvist, a former doctor at the County Council, Sweden, in an article in the newspaper Göteborgs -Posten.
Ljungblad and Engkvist discuss about medical errors harm Swedish society between USD9, 6 to USD16 billion.
Both leading physicians gave examples of several cases, including infants, the use of an overdose of painkillers, fault diagnosis and late the ambulances responded to the call.
"These cases are probably just like an iceberg phenomenon," according to them.
"Some of these cases are rarely exposed by the media," they added.
Ljungblad and urged Engkvist Sweden immediately following the steps the United States (U.S.), Denmark and Norway, which medical errors in there get more attention, for the sake of improving patient safety. One step that should be done according to them are doing a campaign about improving patient safety and care.
"There are many indications where current health care has a big problem will be its quality. This is why we must fix," they said.
"If all this can be repaired ,there will be no money for treatment that can be saved ,"they closed .
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