http://www.pittsreport.com/2010/01/radiation-offers-new-cures-and-ways-to-do-harm/ NATIONAL INTERNATIONAL NEWS Mon, 23 Jan 2012 15:59:59 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.1 http://www.pittsreport.com/2010/01/radiation-offers-new-cures-and-ways-to-do-harm/comment-page-1/#comment-94 CMAC Sun, 07 Feb 2010 20:05:14 +0000 http://www.pittsreport.com/?p=2955#comment-94 Thanks for the informative response. How much is operator error hospital negligence and how the two are inter-related is somewhat vague but necessary information. Thanks for the informative response. How much is operator error hospital negligence and how the two are inter-related is somewhat vague but necessary information.

]]> http://www.pittsreport.com/2010/01/radiation-offers-new-cures-and-ways-to-do-harm/comment-page-1/#comment-68 David Thu, 28 Jan 2010 16:13:38 +0000 http://www.pittsreport.com/?p=2955#comment-68 The common thread in the 2 horrific stories here is that the hospitals where these accidents occurred apparently are both substandard: the article mentions that one has chronic funding issues, and the other is known for treating a lot of the poorest patients. Both incidents could have been prevented with better trained and/or more attentive operators. And of course this fact is not going to be widely disseminated, both because the hopspital will want to keep it quiet, but also becasue of a cultural reluctance to acknowledge differing levels of care that exist. So it seems that one should not mess around with one's treatment, but go to the best programs possible, irrespective of any other factors The common thread in the 2 horrific stories here is that the hospitals where these accidents occurred apparently are both substandard: the article mentions that one has chronic funding issues, and the other is known for treating a lot of the poorest patients. Both incidents could have been prevented with better trained and/or more attentive operators. And of course this fact is not going to be widely disseminated, both because the hopspital will want to keep it quiet, but also becasue of a cultural reluctance to acknowledge differing levels of care that exist. So it seems that one should not mess around with one’s treatment, but go to the best programs possible, irrespective of any other factors

]]> http://www.pittsreport.com/2010/01/radiation-offers-new-cures-and-ways-to-do-harm/comment-page-1/#comment-55 CMAC Sun, 24 Jan 2010 20:33:42 +0000 http://www.pittsreport.com/?p=2955#comment-55 Is this computer program error? How could 1 in 20 patients be in danger of over radiation? Where is quality control? Is this computer program error? How could 1 in 20 patients be in danger of over radiation? Where is quality control?

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