Operation on the wrong side. They messed up and did this eye and then did this eye. To tests that cause bald spots. Hair loss. I had a perfect ring around my head. And metal deadly close to a magnet. Were counting down my list of 25 shocking medical mistakes. Mistakes are happening every day in every hospital in the country that were just not catching. Its the second or third leading cause of death in this country. And for the most part were silent on it. What you can do to not become a victim. Im elizabeth cohen. Ill show you how to become an empowered patient. With the help of worldrenowned Patient Safety expert dr. Peter pronovost, American Cancer Society chief medical officer dr. Otis brawley. Acclaimed fiction author dr. Abraham verghese, and more. Stay tuned. This hour could save your life. At number 25, baby security breach. The woman in this surveillance video, jennifer latham, tells her family shes expecting a baby when really she isnt. So she decides to steal one. Take a look
reveal additional cases. when you re getting an mri, make sure there s no metal on or around you. at number 2, the e.r. waiting game. 2-year-old malia jeffers has a 101 degree fever. a bruise on her cheek the size of a marble. trouble walking. her parents rush her to the emergency room. a nurse says it s a virus and tells the family to wait. so they do. for nearly five hours. malia s fever climbs higher. her bruise gets bigger. she can t even stand up. mom and dad ask for help again and again, but the hospital says keep waiting until finally malia s father barrels past the nurses station into the e.r. and begs. the real diagnosis? shameful. a flesh-eating bacteria is rapidly spreading through the toddler s tiny body. any break in the skin can occasionally become infected.
researchers make after michael s death. it shows just how fast that metal oxygen tank kills him. while this mistake is relatively unusual, reports to the u.s. food and drug administration reveal additional cases. when you re getting an mri, make sure there s no metal on or around you. at number 2, the e.r. waiting game. 2-year-old malia jeffers has a 101 degree fever. a bruise on her cheek the size of a marble. trouble walking. her parents rush her to the emergency room. a nurse says it s a virus and tells the family to wait. so they do. for nearly five hours. malia s fever climbs higher. her bruise gets bigger. she can t even stand up. mom and dad ask for help again and again, but the hospital says keep waiting until finally malia s father barrels past the nurses station into the e.r. and begs.
trouble walking. her parents rush her to the emergency room. a nurse says it s a virus and tells the family to wait. so they do. for nearly five hours. malia s fever climbs higher. her bruise gets bigger. she can t even stand up. mom and dad ask for help again and again, but the hospital says keep waiting until finally malia s father barrels past the nurses station into the e.r. and begs. the real diagnosis? shameful. a flesh-eating bacteria is rapidly spreading through the toddler s tiny body. any break in the skin can occasionally become infected. if you re unlucky enough to be infected by a particularly virulent strain of bacteria and it gets into your bloodstream, it can kill you. her liver failed, but every other major organ was probably also failing at the same time. they missed the fact that she was desperately ill.
an mri machine is a very large, very, very powerful magnet. a hospital worker walks into the room carrying a metal oxygen tank. the oxygen tank flies out of the worker s hands, shoots across the room, strikes michael in the head, and the little boy dies. take a look at this video researchers make after michael s death. it shows just how fast that metal oxygen tank kills him. while this mistake is relatively unusual, reports to the u.s. food and drug administration reveal additional cases. when you re getting an mri, make sure there s no metal on or around you. at number 2, the e.r. waiting game. 2-year-old malia jeffers has a 101 degree fever. a bruise on her cheek the size of a marble.