Universal Healthcare and Mistakes.

Do you think that Universal or Nationalized Healthcare is going to make things better? Sheer numbers of patients will cause more human error. Take a look at this example from 2003.

Surgical Tools Left in 1,500 Patients Per Year

A study done by researchers at Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Harvard School of Public Health, in Boston was published in the January 16, 2003 New England Journal of Medicine reported on the high number of surgical tools left inside patients during surgery.

The study on medical mistakes found that operating room teams around the country leave sponges, clamps and other tools inside about 1,500 patients every year, largely because of stress from emergencies or complications discovered during surgery. The researchers checked insurance records from about 800,000 operations in Massachusetts for 16 years ending in 2001. They counted 61 forgotten pieces of surgical equipment in 54 patients. From that, they calculated a national estimate of 1,500 cases yearly. A total of $3 million was paid out in the Massachusetts cases, mostly in settlements.

The study showed that two-thirds of the mistakes happened even though the equipment was counted before and after the procedure, in keeping with the standard practice. It also claimed that these types of mistakes happen more often to fat patients, simply because there is more room inside them to lose equipment.

Most lost objects were sponges, but also included were metal clamps and electrodes. In two cases, 11-inch retractors, metal strips used to hold back tissue, were forgotten inside patients. The study found that emergency operations are nine times more likely to lead to such mistakes, and operating-room complications requiring a change in procedure are four times more likely. The lost objects were usually lodged around the abdomen or hips but sometimes in the chest, vagina or other cavities. They often caused tears, obstructions or infections. One patient died of complications.

Dr. Sidney Wolfe, health research director of the public-interest lobby group Public Citizen, said the real number of lost instruments may be even higher, because hospitals are not required to report such mistakes to public agencies. Dr. Kaveh Shojania, author of a 2001 federal study on medical mistakes, summed the report up by saying, "Something has to be done about this. It's just a very tough balance to decide."

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Liberty.

"Liberty, according to my metaphysics...is a self-determining power in an intellectual agent. It implies thought and choice and power." -- John Adams

May God Bless America

By now, the whole world knows that Obama is the next President of the United States of American.

Now that the country has made her decision, we must all come together with respect for the person who has won the election. There may be differences of opinion regarding programs and regarding character, but there is one uniting outcome. That uniting outcome is that we will all be governed by the same president. Another uniting outcome is that we must all live by the law of the land.

May Barack Obama create unity, prosperity, and not poverty. Pray that the newly elected officials will make decisions that are best for our country and remember the United States Constitution in the process, that we may not lose what our Founding Fathers worked so hard to create, that we may continue to enjoy the freedoms that many take for granted, that we may all be privy to the idea of the American Dream.

"The care of human life and happiness, and not their destruction, is the first and only legitimate object of good government." -- Thomas Jefferson

To McCain and Palin, let's give our best wishes and general sympathetic condolences for a campaign that was strong and fought hard. They did an amazing job and are both amazing people. May them and their families enjoy some time off and may the universe grant them influence where they can be most useful from this time forth.

"America was established not to create wealth but to realize a vision, to realize an ideal--to discover and maintain liberty among men." -- Woodrow Wilson

May God bless America.

Mitt Romney Suspends Candidacy For Republican Party

As you all know by now, a well respected candidate has step out of the race for President of the United States of America. This man more concerned with the direction of his country, Mitt Romney decided he would rather that the Republican party proceed to the White House and sacrifice his own candidacy than see the U.S. fail in the hands of the Democratic Candidates.

Here is a link to his site which thanks those who voted for him, helped him in promoting and driving his candidacy forward, his staff, etc.

www.mittromney.com

Websites independently promoting Mitt Romney in other countries have produced harsh words of criticism, illuminating that he was railroaded from the beginning. Unfortunately, these comments will not help us now that the deed has been done. However, looking past these comments you see those who really cared for Mitt Romney, his campaign, and the greater good of our nation, as our actions affect every nation on a global scale.

"Here is what I wish for you now America, you proud arrogant nation, I hope you get a McCain Huckabee ticket, and I hope it goes all the way, I want you to taste the ramifications of your decisions. This may be a surprise to you, but this isn't a highschool popularity contest, well at least it should not have been, but you treated it as though it was, voting McCain most likely to succeed, Huckabee the most spiritual, and Romney got best eyes and hair. Well guess what, you are choosing a president of your country, actually you were supposed to, instead what you've found is a puppet. Either McCain, Obama, or Clinton will all be figureheads with a whole administrations agenda running their actions."

Canadians For Mitt

To know the history behind the man, Mitt Romney, here is a link that may tell his story in details you have probably never heard.
The Making of Mitt Romney

I could go on about my own opinions, that he would be the best President for the U.S. and than I don't know where we go from here. However, so many have expressed opinion and at this point opinion is only more words that you would read and wonder why I wrote them when there is no chance that he will be the next President.

The remainder of this Presidential Race for the White House shall be an interesting road. No one really knows the direction our country will take or the policies that may affect us once the new President resides in the White House.

One thing is certain. The path of the United States of America has never been this winding, this divided, this potentially nefarious in its history. I wonder what the Founding Fathers say as they are watching this from the other side. I'm sure they are shaking their heads in disgust because this country far from the path that will keep our Constitution intact.

Sources:

www.mittromney.com
canadiansformitt.blogspot.com
www.boston.com