Woman dies after breast cancer surgery ... She did not have breast cancer

Patient deaths prompt hospital probe
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NEW YORK, Feb. 11 (UPI) -- The New York State Health Department is
continuing to investigate a Long Island hospital where a woman died
after alleged unwarranted breast cancer surgery.

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Mercy Medical Center was cited for a lab mix-up that resulted in an
incorrect diagnosis of breast cancer for a woman in her 30s, The New
York Times reported Monday. The woman opted for a double mastectomy
because of her family history and died of complications the day after
her surgery last May.

The Health Department concluded that the hospital had taken proper
corrective action after the mix-up but said it is investigating Mercy
over the deaths of three other patients.

That probe, the Times said, was prompted by the complaints of one of
its doctors that a physician's assistant had improperly inserted
catheters, chest tubes and pacemakers into patients.

A spokeswoman for the department said it is unclear when the
investigation will end.

The National Academy of Sciences estimates that as many as 98,000
people die each year as a result of medical errors

In misc.health.alternative drceephd@insightbb.com wrote:

: I think we need to start bringing criminal charges to bear in such
: cases. To excuse such errors with an "oops" is no longer allowable.

Do you think that we (or to be more accurate, the Mexicans) should have
brought criminal charages to bear against the people who prescribed
Laetrile to Steve McQueen?

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Department of Chemistry, Bar-Ilan University, Ramat-Gan, Israel
Opinions expressed are mine alone, and not those of Bar-Ilan University
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"Logic is a wreath of pretty flowers which smell bad."