More on the Envy of the World
The latest on the British National Health Service:
At least 1,000 hospital patients are dying needlessly each month from dehydration and poor care by doctors and nurses, according to an NHS study.
The deaths from acute kidney injury could be prevented by simple steps such as nurses ensuring patients have enough to drink and doctors reviewing their medication, the researchers say.
Between 15,000 and 40,000 patients die annually because hospital staff fail to diagnose the treatable kidney problem, a figure that dwarfs the death toll from superbugs like MRSA.
The report comes less than a year after the NHS watchdog NICE was forced to issue guidelines on giving patients water after it found that 42,000 deaths a year could be avoided if staff ensured the sick were hydrated.
That is way too many people in the US for something as silly as water
Luckily they aren’t, this is in the US
UK*
“Marion Kerr, health economist at Insight Health Economics, said: “AKI costs the NHS more than £1 billion every year. That’s more than we spend on breast, lung and bowel cancer combined.”
Well, we definitely don’t want this kind of healthcare
No, not at all.
It would only further degrade our country
here is what I would like to know……..
are British hospitals awful because they are socialized?
are British hospitals awful because of their unions?
are British hospitals awful because they are British?
A researcher would compare British hospitals to Canadian and Australian public hospitals.
I’m going with British.
And just a few weeks ago, a man died in an emergency room while he was waiting for a doctor…
More and more doctors!!
I heard that news…Horrible.
The hospital says the doctors were too busy to take care of every patient…
How bad are these hospitals? And are they in rural parts of Britain?
That, or overcrowded city hospitals
Are you depreciating Britain? LOL
At least 1,000 hospital patients are dying needlessly each month from dehydration and poor care by doctors and nurses, according to an NHS study.
Yes, but low-quality care doesn’t cost as much as high-quality care, and dead patients cost nothing to treat.