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Follow the strict policies and procedures we have in place to prevent medication errors. safeway also says its going to pay for all related medical expenses for silva. shep? >> shepard: alicia acuna live in denver. thanks. the extradition hearing for the wikileaks founder julian assange getting very heated today. and the insults pretty creative. julian assange faces sexual abuse accusations in sweden. accusations, not charges. prosecutors in sweden argue they had no choice but to issue the arres...

She tonight feel anything right now but knowing what a powerful drug it is this is what she told the local t station about what is going on in her head. >> in is my first child so really difficult to deal with, maybe welfare could have deformities, there is a lot that goes with it. >> and as you can tell on what she told me on the phone she simply is overwhelmed. >>shepard: what is the pharmacy saying? >> we just got a statement from safe way at the beginning of the newscast. they say "our first...

What about the notion lawyers are benefiting financially from malpractice suits? doctors like ob-gyns are retiring early because they cant afford the liability insurance and causing stories like the one i told you. >> the truth is taking away the rights of patients who are injured through no fault of their own will do absolutely nothing to reduce the cost of health care, to provide insurance to the uninsured or in order to improve the quality of health care. 98,000 patients are killed every year...

Insurance to the uninsured or in order to improve the quality of health care. 98,000 patients are killed every year in the united states as a result of preventable medical errors. and the focus should be not on taking their rights away but on patient safety. improves patient safety. every week in this country we have 48 wrong-sided surgeries. every year we have 2 million hospital-acquired infections. many of which could be -- the number of which could be reduced substantially with simple hand wa...

Hospital-acquired infections. many of which could be -- the number of which could be reduced substantially with simple hand washing programs. countless medication errors year after year which could be reduced with simple changes, electronic and bar coding of medication orders. when a patient through no fault of his or her own is overdosed or given the wrong medication they shouldnt have their rights taken away. with respect to defensive medicine i have to say the proof is in the pudding. in stat...