Cologne - It is a study that makes us afraid. From a reputable source.
The Health Siftung identified: 23 percent of physicians indicated that they happened once a month a mistake per six percent even once a week.
Wrong patient records, laboratory results are overlooked, incorrectly prescribed drugs are the main sources of error.
It can for the patients but they are also much worse. These are mainly hospital doctors in the criticism. Following a complaint by the Federal Medical Statistics for the year 2008 to 10,967 cases, patients feel wrongly treated and turned to the expert committees
84-times major medical errors were detected. Where the patients died. 169-times lagged those concerned severe permanent damage.
"Time and again things go wrong because of insufficient cooperation and misunderstandings," says the researcher Gerd Glaeske supply. Count The main problems that treatments are not sufficiently documented and responsibilities are unclear. "
According to the study, only one third were at the doctors, never failure patients with damage to the doctors machen.Bei officials met the study as one might expect some criticism.
The spokesman for the Federal Medical Andreas Dückers, said that lie in the number of malpractice only 0.0002 percent of the cases. The study was probably common errors in practice the end the subject. Only the alarming figures were explained.
Gerd Glaeske urged against comprehensive inspections and sanctions against the doctors. Help systems are now quality assurance, which now become a requirement in the practices.
