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Let’s do protect the public.

 

Each year, 195,000 people die from hospital/doctor mistakes, says HealthGrades, the healthcare quality company.

http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/printerfriendlynews.php?newsid=11856

 

Each year, 99,000 die from infections caught in hospitals, says the CDC (others say more).

http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/dhqp/hai.html

 

Complete story at

http://pajamasmedia.com/phyllischesler/2008/11/13/death-by-hospital-is-it-avoidable-part-two-of-a-series/

 

BTW, 300,000 deaths make doctors/hospitals the third leading killer, after cancer and heart disease, in America.

 

If government can deliver protection, and stand up to the AMA concerned mainly about its monopoly and income, then make conventional medicine safe.

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