90 Miles From Tyranny

Monday, July 13, 2015

The first line of defense against preventable medical errors in the United States is the state medical boards. Their responsibility and obligation to the public is to protect patients by ensuring all physicians in the state are properly licensed and comply with the laws and state regulations pertaining to the practice of medicine.

The media reports preventable medical errors are the third leading cause of deaths in the USA. The figures reflect 1,000,000, and some even 1.5 million deaths per year, making deaths by the medical community number one in the USA which includes long term care, deaths by pharmaceuticals, mistakes and/or negligence by doctors and nurses. This is unacceptable and horrific considering the total amount of deaths exceeded in a 10 year period is more than all the wars the United States has participated in since 1775. The state medical boards are responsible for these deaths and can be compared to legalized genocide.

How does this happen? How can 1,000,000 people die each year without accountability? The Texas Medical Board is a strong example of how this happens nationally. Mark Bello, a retired trial attorney with over thirty three years of experience stated:

"The Texas Medical Board (TMB) is not required to disclose cases of medical malpractice when a doctor moves from another state. In fact, they are not required to look into cases. You read that correctly, the Texas Medical Board does not check to see if a doctor moving from another state has a track record of seriously injuring or killing patients. The responsibility to disclose malpractice cases rests solely on the doctor. If the doctor does not report his/her own medical negligence, patients are...

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The disapproving look on the pontiff’s face made abundantly clear that he was not impressed by the provocative greeting gift handed to him Mr Morales when he paid a courtesy call after arriving in the country.

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