"Researchers estimate about 120,000 preventable deaths and 1 million injuries occur during the course of medical treatment each year."Assuming there are approximately 600,000 MDs, this equates to an average MD being involved in one preventable death every five years, and almost two unnecessary injuries every year.
Reference
1. Medical groups act to curb errors. USA Today, October 14, 1996.
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