> that I despair at the reports I keep getting from the USA. ARe things realy getting that bad?
The US press is pretty good at finding the bad reports. So count them - then count the population, and realize that, while even 1 case is too many, as a percentage, this kind of horrible stuff is very rare.
Indeed. There was a pediatric cardiac surgeon in Winnipeg whose incompetence lead to the deaths of 12 children.[1] It got to the point that other physicians wouldn't even admit cardiac patients to keep them away from this doctor. Massive failures at every point in the system. Last I heard he's working at UCLA now.
There are bad actors everywhere. We don't condemn the Canadian healthcare system because of people like this guy.
I googled the name of the malpracticing surgeon, and found a LinkedIn profile for a surgeon who works at UCLA has the same name as the surgeon in Winnipeg, but the other details don't match. I think these are two different people.
The US press is pretty good at finding the bad reports. So count them - then count the population, and realize that, while even 1 case is too many, as a percentage, this kind of horrible stuff is very rare.