Monday, June 22, 2009

At V.A. Hospital, a Rogue Cancer Unit--New York Times

A unit at a Philaedelphia hospital botched 92 of 116 prostate cancer treatment over a time of six years. Majority of the seeds were placed in the bladder, not the prostate. One of the many patients was the Rev. Ricardo Flippin, a 21-year veteran of the Air Force. He stated, “I couldn’t walk and I couldn’t stand." There was rectal pain so severe that he had to remain in bed for six months, losing his church job and his income.
This is outrageous. This is what these people go to college for. I can understand some here and there, but for 3/4 of the procedures to go wrong. Theres something going on.

1 comment:

  1. This is crazy, those poor patients there was no reason for that. If people can't do a better job than that they should not be in the healthcare field!!

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