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Thousands dying each year through doctor mistakes – Chinchilla News
Doctors are making 140,000 diagnostic mistakes each year and most of the blunders are preventable, shock new Queensland research has revealed.
Doctors are making diagnostic mistakes in up to one in seven cases and most of the blunders are preventable, shock new Queensland research reveals.
An estimated 140,000 cases of diagnostic error occur nationally each year, with 21,000 cases of serious harm and 2000 to 4000 deaths and almost one in two malpractice claims against general practitioners involves diagnostic error, a paper out today in the Medical Journal of Australia shows.
The Australian Medical Association Queensland vice preside…
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