Doctors are normally looked upon as the saviors of ailing people but how would you define them if they push you into the gorge of death. Similar incident happened, in England as nearly 2,000 haemophilia sufferers were exposed to HIV and/or hepatitis c-contaminated blood products. This unfortunate incident has been described as the worst treatment disaster in the history of National Health Service, also called NHS.
This is not for the first time when such unfortunate incident has come to the fore, but in the past too several such happenings has occurred, giving jerk to the faith that people repose in doctors, for instance:
• In Japan HIV infection through blood transfusion confirmed
• Transmission of HIV through blood transfusion in the Eastern Mediterranean Region
• Medical Workers Guilty of Infecting Children with HIV
Actually, such incidents uncover doctors’ careless attitude towards the patients, which is quite a terrible issue because such carelessness often imperils a patient’s life. In a study, conducted by Healthgrades, it was found that an average of 195,000 hospital deaths in each of the years 2000, 2001 and 2002 in the US were due to potentially preventable medical errors.
I strongly believe that such negligence should be checked earnestly as it may pose a serious threat to many lives. And when it comes to transmittable diseases like HIV/AIDS, hepatitis c, etc. then the threat seems to be much greater because such medical malpractice may imperil our ongoing fight against HIV/AIDS.
Via: Daily Mail
