Medical errors are increasingly a concern for doctors themselves, hospitals (public or private), the media and public opinion. Reputable publications such as the British Medical Journal estimate that medical errors kill 30,000 people in Great Britain every year, while in the United States doctors’ errors are the third leading cause of death. In our country, although there are no official statistics, some estimates speak of as many as 6,000 deaths a year due to possible medical errors.
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