Bruce Macintyre shared the story of losing his partner due to medical negligence during her first pregnancy. He is now fighting for a new bill called the Grieving Families Act that would “permit families of wrongful death victims to recover compensation for their emotional anguish.”
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There should be a set amount for every life
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2:19 – Let's lose the bad physicians – they are worse than useless. Let's start offering free college tuition for those intent on entering health care, all the way from community college to medical school. And start programs to mentor young people from disadvantaged backgrounds and also those with disabilities who want to become health care professionals – they are likely to be more compassionate than people who want to become doctors just to keep up the family tradition / because their parents expect them to.
Right now, lawsuits are the only way to address medical malpractice. There was an excellent piece in The Washington Post by Steven H. Horowitz (Oct 4, 2020) about his experience with an 'inept diagnosis' by a neurologist that could have paralyzed him. The only reason it didn't is because Horowitz himself is a neurologist and was able to return home from vacation in time to get the necessary surgery. He later offered to educate the staff at the hospital where the inept care took place, they refused since it would mean admitting that mistakes were made.