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At this time the current medical malpractice system “provides benefits to too few deserving victims of physicians’ mistakes.” The reason this is the case is because most hospitals are considered nonprofit and are protected and insulated by charitable immunity statutes. This leaves one to wonder about the fact that these same hospitals are seeing revenue in the hundreds of millions, and the fact that these large institutions are not held accountable for medical errors that could potentially cause birth injuries or other health problems. The numerous medical errors that occur such as infections, poor procedures, and inadequate training and staffing lead to astronomical numbers of errors. The institute of Medicine has reported that 98,000 people die each year from medical errors. The legal process plays a valuable role in improving the quality of health care provided by physicians and hospitals by exposing the errors that are made, and allowing medical…
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