Have you or a loved one contracted a health care infection when you went in for surgery or other illness? We’d like to hear your story, or any other comment you may have about your hospital experience.
Have you or a loved one been harmed by a medical error at a hospital or doctor’s office? We would like to hear your story.
Have you been harmed or experienced a side effect by a hip or knee replacement? Have you had replace your original hip or knee replacement? How long were you told your hip or knee would last? Share your story here.
Were you ever given the wrong drug or wrong dosage? Did your doctor fail to inform you about side effects?
Have you or a loved one been harmed by a doctor or medical staff person when seeking medical treatment? We would like to hear your story, or any other comment you may have about the experience.
Have you or a loved one had tests, surgeries, procedures or medications that you thought were unnecessary? Did you decline tests or treatments offered to you that you thought were unnecessary and found a medically appropriate alternative?
On February of 2010, my father, at the age of 89, was admitted to a hospital in Washington for an evaluation because he started showing signs of slight confusion. At his admission, he was in a fairly good state of health. He did not have any serious life threatening illness. However, he suddenly died at the hospital on the 5th day of his admission
I had spinal decompression, laminectomy and 3 level lumbar fusion, performed by 2 neurosurgeons at the largest hospital in my state. Four days after discharge to my home 75 miles away, I started to have a fever and pus discharge from main incision. I was admitted to local hospital which did appropriate cultures, finding that I had M.R.S.A, a potentially deadly infection.
My pregnancy was completely normal and everything seemed perfect. Charlee was my husband’s only child and his pride and joy.
The Safe Patient Project is a Consumers Union campaign focused on eliminating medical harm, improving FDA oversight of prescription drugs and promoting disclosure laws that give information to consumers about health care safety and quality.