UK’s National Health Service – literally costing an arm and a leg - hundreds of them

From here:

UK Hospitals Have “Mistakenly” Amputated Over 100 Limbs in Just Three Years – The Alarming Cost of Socialized Medicine Exposed! – Liberty Resolve

“In a shocking display of incompetence, the United Kingdom’s National Health Service (NHS) hospitals have become hotbeds for “accidental” amputations, showcasing the dire consequences of government-run healthcare systems. Over the past three years, an appalling number of 105 patient limbs have been “mistakenly” removed by British doctors due to what can only be described as medical negligence.”

Yikes!

The article also points out “The incompetence doesn’t stop at scheduled surgeries; U.K. emergency rooms are also guilty of “mistakenly” severing limbs.”

The article does not detail the reasons for these “mistakes” – communication, language, influence of drugs and alcohol, overwork, language translation errors, criminal acts, administration errors, incompetence etc, but it does list the worst “Health Trusts”.

• York and Scarborough Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust,

• Sheffield Teaching Hospitals,

• George Eliot Hospital NHS Trust,

• East Kent Hospitals University Trust,

• Great Western Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust,

• North Cumbria Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust,

• Royal Orthopaedic Hospital NHS Foundation Trust,

• Warrington and Halton Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.

But wait, there’s more!

“Adding insult to injury, another 15 NHS Foundation Trusts have also been implicated in similar negligent acts leading to accidental amputations. However, these organizations have shrouded their exact numbers in secrecy under the guise of “confidentiality concerns.” It’s estimated that among these 15 trusts alone, at least 82 patients suffered unnecessary amputations:”

115 plus 82 = 197 amputations, and probably more.

No doubt a double blinded placebo controlled randomised control trial would indicate that out of millions of operations where amputation could have occurred, the casualties indicate that hospital procedures are “safe and effective”.

The article cites one poor young girl who had all four limbs amputated and received 39 million pounds in compensation.

Onwards!!

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