Medical errors kill, maim and traumatize. As a disability advocate, I hear stories of medical negligence almost every day. I’ve got more than a handful of my own stories.

Few are as egregious a this one.

A young woman seeks help for abdominal pain. At first she’s dismissed as having PCOS.

They later find a 25cm (!!!) cyst on her ovary and proceed to do a total hysterectomy and resect part of her bowel and appendix.

She barely survives, and when she regains consciousness in the ICU is told she’s lost her womb and has stage four cancer.

That alone would be difficult to deal with, but then she’s later told she doesn’t have cancer and the hysterectomy and surgical menopause were unnecessary.

She tries to focus on the positive (not dying of cancer), only to have the medical team change course again and confirm that she actually DOES have stage four cancer but in her appendix and lymph nodes and not her uterus or ovary. Pp

The gauntlet of emotions this woman must be dealing with is heartbreaking.

How a medical team can get something this wrong this many times on ONE patient I will never understand.

As always, try and have an advocate with you at all times. I’m unsure if it would have helped in this scenario, but we all need a second set of eyes and ears in the room.

Ask questions. Get a second opinion. Don’t be afraid to speak up if you feel you’re being mistreated. Reach out online for support from other patients and caregivers… we will help you.

https://people.com/woman-32-has-hysterectomy-doctors-apologize-no-cancer-11714951

#medicalerrors #iatrogenic #disability #trauma #hysterectomy #cancer #womenshealth #obgyn #chronicillness

your aunt's iatrogenic!

#iatrogenic

AI is iatrogenic

https://time.com/6957890/next-tech-backlash-hygiene/

#GenAI #IAtrogenic #AIFirst #ResponsibleTech

What Are The Leading Causes Of Death In America? - YouTube
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Iq_YUcJic4k

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#health #jama #journalOfTheAmericanMedicalAssociation #cardiovascular #cancer #iatrogenic

The difference between
a respirator and a surgical mask

A respirator for airborne infectious deceases.

Preventable.Affordably.
* HEPA filters ($100) in every exam room
* Respirators on all medical staff https://prescientx.com/products/breathe™2-kit

Video by OSHA. Posted with no irony as a resource on the @WorkSafeBC website.

Beards
https://youtube.com/shorts/9JxjGdCyOIE

Doctors
https://youtube.com/shorts/_Bi5lqNP508
https://whn.global/app/uploads/2023/03/medical-clean-air-release-NN2023.03.04.pdf

#respirator #surgicalmasks #HAI #HCAI #iatrogenic #Filters

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ovSLAuY8ib8

RT @ECDC_Outbreaks: #JustPublished:
Update on #iatrogenic #botulism cases in Europe:

87 cases have been reported in DE (30), AU (1), FR (1), CH (2), and TR (53). This is an increase of 18 cases in DE & one new case each in FR & CH, since the last ECDC update on 10.03.

Read: https://www.ecdc.europa.eu/en/news-events/botulism-iatrogenic-update-cases-europe-march-2023

🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/EMA_News/status/1643538413293903872

RT @ECDC_Outbreaks: #JustPublished:
Update on #iatrogenic #botulism cases in Europe:

87 cases have been reported in DE (30), AU (1), FR (1), CH (2), and TR (53). This is an increase of 18 cases in DE & one new case each in FR & CH, since the last ECDC update on 10.03.

Read: https://www.ecdc.europa.eu/en/news-events/botulism-iatrogenic-update-cases-europe-march-2023

🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/ECDC_EU/status/1642812026475933698

RT @ECDC_Outbreaks: #JustPublished:
Update on #iatrogenic #botulism cases in Europe:

87 cases have been reported in DE (30), AU (1), FR (1), CH (2), and TR (53). This is an increase of 18 cases in DE & one new case each in FR & CH, since the last ECDC update on 10.03.

Read: https://www.ecdc.europa.eu/en/news-events/botulism-iatrogenic-update-cases-europe-march-2023

🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/EU_Health/status/1642812334434394112