Patients undergoing surgery still risk falling victim to stunning medical mistakes, ranging from an operation on the wrong surgical site to undergoing ...
Study: Surgery On Wrong Patients, Body Parts Persists
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Most of the cases are surgeries done at night. I am not supporting the errors, I am just letting you know how the shortage also contributes to the problem.
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