i think in a sense the discussion we are going to have today, people all over this country. in a sense that many of us included myself, have seen folks go into a hospital for one problem or another and end coming out different than it went in and sometimes dying as a result. what is widely known is the major cause of death in the united states today is the heart disease, a serious problem. the second leading cause of death is cancer. according to the 2010 cdc report, 597,000 people died of heart disease, 574,000 died of cancer. what is not widely known and in fact what the function of this hearing is about and i hope to do my best with the help of my fellow senators and members of the panel is to start focusing attention on the third leading cause of death in the united states of america and that will come as the great surprise and the third leading cause of death in this country has to do with preventable medical errors in hospitals. recent article published in the journal
they missed up and did this eye and then this eye. hair loss? i had a perfect ring around many i head. and metal, deadly close to a magnet. mistakes are happening every day in every hospital in the country is that we re just not catching. it s the second or third leading cause of death in this country and for the most part, with we re silent on it. what you can do to not become a victim. i m elizabeth cohen. i ll show you how to become an empowered patient. with the help of world renowned patient safety expert dr. peter pronovost, dr. otus brawley, dr. abraham varageis and more. stay tuned. this hour could save your life. at numb 25, baby security breach. the woman in this surveillance video, jennifer latham tells her family she s expecting a baby when really she isn t. so she decides to steal one. take a look as she changes into nursing scrubs, enters a baby s room, comes out with a bag under her arm. a baby is in that bag. the imposter nurse actually gets off
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. we re counting down my list of 25 shocking medical mistakes. mistakes are happening every day in every hospital in the country that we re just not catching. it s the second or third leading cause of death in this country. and for the most part we re silent on it. what you can do to not become a victim. i m elizabeth cohen. i ll show you how to become an empowered patient. with the help of world-renowned 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 she s expecting a baby when really she isn t. so she
they messed up and did this eye and then this eye. hair loss? i had a perfect ring around many i head. and metal, deadly close to a magnet. mistakes are happening every day in every hospital in the country is that we re just not catching. it s the second or third leading cause of death in this country and for the most part, with we re silent on it. what you can do to not become a victim. i m elizabeth cohen. i ll show you how to become an empowered patient. with the help of world renowned patient safety expert dr. peter pronovost, dr. otus brawley, dr. abraham varageis 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 she s expecting a baby when really she isn t. so she decides to steal one. take a look as she changes into nursing scrubs, enters a baby s room, comes out with a bag under her arm. a baby is in that bag. the imposter nurse actually gets off