THE TRUTH SLEEPS IN THE MORGUE
Posted by: maldiveshealth on: November 12, 2006
When we become ill, we commit ourselves and “surrender” us to the hands of our doctors to bring to us the benefit and blessings of whatever medical science can do to help us get well again.
But sometimes that doesn’t happen because the system fails us. According to research, medical mistakes (aka “the silent killer”, contributes to this big time. In one study published by the New England Journal of Medicine, states that 19.4 percent of medical errors occur due to drug complications in the US.
Then there are the times when the patient doesn’t get the best care because they fall through cracks in the system. Sometimes it’s because a doctor or another health professional doesn’t quite understand what’s really wrong and what the patient needs. Sometimes the patient doesn’t understand what the doctor says. Sometimes our doctors don’t tell us everything we need to know.
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November 16, 2006 at 6:19 pm
I came across website of this unfortunate kid in male. It says in it;
“It is believed that there must have been severe oxygen shortage in the brain during labour and delivery. The newborn infant’s blood is specially equipped to compensate for low levels of oxygen, and asphyxia (lack of oxygen caused by interruption in breathing or poor oxygen supply) is common in babies during the stresses of labour and delivery. But asphyxia severely lowered the supply of oxygen to Yafaau’s brain for a lengthy period, which developed brain damage called hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy. A significant proportion of babies with this type of brain damage die, and others may develop cerebral palsy, which is then often accompanied by mental impairment and seizures.
Doctors were trying their best to deliver Yafaau. They even tried Vacuum extraction. Even after hours of effort, they were unable to deliver him. Doctors gave up hope on him. When Yafaau was born(natural birth), he was not breathing, had no heartbeat.”
read it online http://www.yafaau.info