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Rising Medical Malpractice Deaths Unexplainable and Unacceptable

snyder-wenner · Jun 4, 2015 ·

It is well established that between 210,000 to 440,000 people needlessly die each year from medical negligence. That makes medical errors the third leading cause of death in our country. Healthcare providers, however, have failed to treat this as an urgent problem and have refused to take steps to lower the mortality rate. On Tuesday, a baby died while undergoing heart surgery at St. Mary’s Medical Center in Florida, making her the ninth infant to pass away after such a procedure in just the last 3 years at that one hospital. That accounts for the heart surgery program at St. Mary’s having a 12.5% mortality rate for open heart surgery, which is more than three times the national average.

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8800 N. Gainey Center Drive, Suite 265 Scottsdale, AZ 85258

2200 E Camelback Rd #213
Phoenix, AZ 85016

5151 E. Broadway Blvd, Suite 1600,
Tucson, AZ 85711

3260 N Hayden Rd Suite #210-485, Scottsdale, AZ 85251

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