{"id":186486,"date":"2019-04-10T05:36:33","date_gmt":"2019-04-10T05:36:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/?p=186486"},"modified":"2019-04-12T06:57:27","modified_gmt":"2019-04-12T06:57:27","slug":"10-percent-of-all-us-deaths-are-now-due-to-medical-error","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/?p=186486","title":{"rendered":"10 Percent of All US Deaths are Now Due to Medical Error"},"content":{"rendered":"

By Dolan Dobrinsky Rosenblum<\/a> \u2013 ddrlawyers.com April 3, 2019<\/h1>\n

Medical advances have reduced the rate of death by heart disease, cancer, and other illnesses, allowing Americans to live much longer than previous generations. But a recent report<\/a> <\/strong><\/span>from Johns Hopkins safety experts raises concerns about the quality of medical care people are receiving.<\/span><\/p>\n

As reported on the Johns Hopkins website, a review of medical death rate data shows that medical errors<\/a><\/strong><\/span> have caused more than 250,000 deaths each year. This represents about 1 in 10 deaths\u2014a staggering rate. Medical errors have now leapfrogged respiratory illnesses as the third leading cause of death in the country.<\/span><\/p>\n

What is to Blame?<\/h2>\n

The Hopkins researchers were quick to note that medical mistakes aren\u2019t all due to incompetent doctors. Instead, many errors can crop us because of:<\/span><\/p>\n