Recently, a 71-year-old man was diagnosed to be pregnant after he complained of abdominal pains in U.K. John Grady Pippen was shocked to get a report saying he was going to be mothering a child very soon. As expected, it turned out that there was a mix up of reports and the hospital later made some statements to save itself from embarrassments. This brings to our notice the fatal flaws existing in hospitals and health industry. There have always been reports of medical documents getting misplaced and patients even being put on chemotherapy after being misdiagnosed.
What I would really like to know is why such incompetence and carelessness exists among medical professionals and also among those who are in the administrative positions in hospitals and clinics, for they are the ones who send out the reports. People who have been misdiagnosed with HIV have been put on AZT, which is as toxic as a medicine can get and it can hasten the process of death. The authorities must be vigilant enough to prevent such grievous mistakes and put the responsible under the scrutiny of law.
Unless punishments are handed out top irresponsible health professionals, innocents shall continue to suffer. It is easy to make a statement on the press or media and apologize for the blunder, however, the damage can’t be undone easily, if it concerns bodily harm to the patient concerned.
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