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Operation on the wrong side. They messed up and did this eye and then did this eye. To tests that cause bald spots. Hair loss. I had a perfect ring around my head. And metal deadly close to a magnet. Were counting down my list of 25 shocking medical mistakes. Mistakes are happening every day in every hospital in the country that were just not catching. Its the second or third leading cause of death in this country. And for the most part were silent on it. What you can do to not become a victim. ...

A survey say tube mix-ups happen at their hospitals. so the lesson here is when you have tubes in you ask the staff to trace the tubes back to the point of origin so the right medicine goes to the right place. at number 8, biopsy blunder. something unusual turns up in 35-year-old derry easons breast. is it cancer? doctors do a biopsy. her diagnosis, positive. invasive lobular carcinoma. this single mom has breast cancer. she gets a second opinion. two more experts look at her lab work and agree....

Rushed. people cut corners. and when that happens tragic things can happen. >> 16% of doctors and nurses in a survey says tube mix-ups happen at their hospitals. so the lesson here is when you have tubes in you ask the staff to trace the tubes back to the point of origin so the right medicine goes to the right place. at number 8, biopsy blunder. something unusual turns up in 35-year-old derry easons breast. is it cancer? doctors do a biopsy. her diagnosis, positive. invasive lobular carcinoma. t...

0 >> in a nation overflowing with so many pills, with so many patients wanting and expecting the quick fix, so many truly naive prescribers, users and misusers of medications, we have to try to find a way to prevent people from taking a deadly dose.

35-year-old derry easons breast. is it cancer? doctors do a biopsy. her diagnosis, positive. invasive lobular carcinoma. this single mom has breast cancer. she gets a second opinion. two more experts look at her lab work and agree. derry decides she has to be aggressive to save her life. she has surgery to remove both her breasts. and then weeks later a bombshell admission by her doctors. >> they told me basically you didnt have cancer and you never did. >> what makes doctors think shes sick? th...

Medicine meant for alicias stomach into her vein. the medicine stops this toddlers heart, and she dies. >> ive never got -- she had to go through it alone. and i wasnt there. >> is it easy to confuse tubes? >> we should be very cautious. unfortunately, people get rushed. people cut corners. and when that happens tragic things can happen. >> 16% of doctors and nurses in a survey says tube mix-ups happen at their hospitals. so the lesson here is when you have tubes in you ask the staff to trace th...

>> the baby is gone, missing, for almost 2 1/2 hours. until a police officer spots the getaway car and pulls the baby snatcher over. >> thats a newborn that you have back there. >> listen as jennifer lies to the officer, telling him the baby in the car is hers. >> you gave birth? today? >> no. yesterday. >> yesterday? >> this cop isnt buying any of it. jennifer latham is arrested, and the baby is returned safely back to mom and dad by ambulance. >> what kind of person would want to ste...

>> the baby is gone, missing, for almost 2 1/2 hours. until a police officer spots the getaway car and pulls the baby snatcher over. >> thats a newborn that you have back there. >> listen as jennifer lies to the officer, telling him the baby in the car is hers. >> you gave birth? today? >> no. yesterday. >> yesterday? >> this cop isnt buying any of it. jennifer latham is arrested, and the baby is returned safely back to mom and dad by ambulance. >> what kind of person would want to ste...

until a police officer spots the getaway car and pulls the baby snatcher over. >> thats a newborn that you have back there. >> listen as jennifer lies to the officer, telling him the baby in the car is hers. >> you gave birth? today? >> no. yesterday. >> yesterday? >> this cop isnt buying any of it. jennifer latham is arrested, and the baby is returned safely back to mom and dad by ambulance. >> what kind of person would want to steal a baby? >> most people who steal babies actually wa...