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18-month-old Josie King died in 2001 as the result of medical errors at the nation's top ranked hospital, Johns Hopkins Medical Center in Baltimore. Since her death, the King family has worked with Johns Hopkins and other hospitals to make care safer. Medical errors are a leading cause of preventable death in the United States, killing between 44,000 and 98,000 patients in U.S. hospitals every year, more than AIDS, breast cancer or motor vehicle accidents.
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2006 Crosskeys Media®
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Retired Pittsburgh, PA attorney Bill Hackney (shown with wife Myrna and son Penn) has been bed-ridden for over a year since being infected during dialysis with Methicillin Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus (MRSA). MRSA, a deadly drug-resistant superbug, is an epidemic being spread in American hospitals. Hospitals in Pittsburgh are working together to try to become the first region in the nation to blunt the spread of MRSA.
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2006 Crosskeys Media®
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Dr. Anne Peters, one of the nation's leading diabetologists, has established a free clinic for uninsured diabetics in the Latino neighborhood of East Los Angeles. Dr. Peters is involved in an unprecedented effort to provide preventative care to uninsured diabetics throughout Los Angeles County.
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2006 Crosskeys Media®
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Patient Katie Ridenour in Children's Medical Center at the Medical College of Georgia.
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2006 Crosskeys Media®
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