It’s one of the most frightening experiences one could ever imagine. Waking up in a hospital where surgeons are on the verge of harvesting one’s organs because they believe the person is already dead – it actually happened. That was the...
Hospital-Acquired Pneumonia
Pneumonia is a dangerous infection that affects many people in the U.S. each year. According to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 1.1 million people were hospitalized with pneumonia in 2010, and 50,000 people died from the...
Hospitals Not Doing Enough to Stop the Spread of Preventable Infections
Hospital-acquired infections (HAIs) are a serious concern in the United States. Billions of dollars are spent every year on treating hospital-acquired infections, and approximately 100,000 deaths occur every year from what are mostly preventable...