Thousand die from ER mistakes

Something to think about: A quarter-million patients die every year from mistakes made in emergency rooms.

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As many as 250,000 people die every year because they are misdiagnosed in the emergency room, with doctors failing to identify serious medical conditions like stroke, sepsis and pneumonia, according to a new analysis from the federal government. The study, released Thursday by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, estimates roughly 7.4 million people are inaccurately diagnosed of the 130 million annual visits to hospital emergency departments in the United States. Some 370,000 patients may suffer serious harm as a result.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/er-doctor...191523353.html

And being a celebrity doesn't always help.

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Jake Tapper revealed his 15-year-old daughter Alice had been near-fatally misdiagnosed around Thanksgiving last year.

https://news.yahoo.com/jake-tapper-r...023740040.html

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