Medical Malpractice Kills More Than 24,000 Canadians Each Year

by John McKiggan

As many as 24,000 Canadian patients die each year due to “adverse events” (medical code words for medical malpractice).

What are we going to do about it?

A report published by the Canadian Medical Association Journal entitled: “The Canadian Adverse Events Study: the incidence of adverse events in hospital patients in Canada” confirmed the findings of similar studies in the United States, Australia, the United Kingdom, Denmark and New Zealand.