July 31st, 1991. Geraldo Rivera on his namesake talk show brings us stories of hospital bungling that will literally make you sick to your stomach.
“…that figure means well over 1 million Americans will suffer from hospital injuries, this year alone…”
Later in the segment we hear from Kenneth Raske, President of the Greater New York Hospital Association about hospitals doing the best they can. Charles Inlander, author of “Take This Book to the Library with You” offers additional insight.
Mistakes at the hospital continue to happen — it is estimated in 2025 medical providers in the U.S. make avoidable errors in 3-15% of all medical interventions.