A revealing report indicates over 200,000 people die every year from preventable medical errors and hospital-acquired infections. However, this may be low balling the actual number of preventable deaths considering many states, including Virginia, do not have any mandatory requirements for “adverse event reporting” (i.e. preventable medical errors). Adverse events are defined differently by various…
Yesterday, the Associated Press shined its investigative spotlight on the large number of deaths caused each year by heavy rail accidents. The article cites Federal Railroad Administration data showing that 721 people were killed in 2008 after they were struck by a freight or passenger train. Of these fatalities, 450 were pedestrians crossing tracks. …
A new report unveils staggering statistics regarding preventable medical errors that lead to thousands of deaths in the United States each year. One of the most shocking facts is that 100,000 people die due to hospital-acquired infections every year. These are infections people obtain after visiting a hospital. Here’s a video discussing hospital-acquired infections… Most…
The North Carolina Highway Patrol told reporters that teen deaths related to car accidents are on the rise this year. According to the highway patrol, North Carolina (NC) as a whole has seen a 22% increase in teen deaths from last year. Since January, 49 teens have been killed in car accidents. The rise in…
My colleague, Jim Lewis, recently wrote an article about the installation of a new traffic light at an intersection in Cary, North Carolina. To read more about the traffic light and the fatal accident that led to it’s installation, click here; Crossing Light Added at Site of Fatal Car Accident in Cary, North Carolina.