Anatomy of a Tragedy and Healthgrades Saul Elbein deserves a shout out for the article he wrote in the Texas Observer titled Anatomy of a Tragedy. If you haven’t read the article, you need to go get a cup of coffee, sit down and take it all in. I disagree with his suggestion that the problems raised in the article may have been the price of living in a “free market”, because a free market system would require more transparency, but I won’t let my disagreement with him on this point overshadow an excellent article. The article chronicles how a neurosurgeon in Texas permanently injured and likely even killed multiple patients during surgery and how the Texas Medical Board failed to timely respond to complaints that were raised. As a result, the neurosurgeon, Christopher Duntsch, continued operating on patients and patients continued having bad outcomes from his surgeries. The article also shows the down side to tort reform in Texas – noneconomic damages are limited to patients who have been permanently injured and to families whose loved ones have died due to the physician’s malpractice.
Posted on: Tue, 10 Sep 2013 13:17:34 +0000
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