This drives me crazy and why I wish to quit practicing medicine. I probably see 5 “dizzy” patients a shift. Am I to drive to everyones house twice a day and see that they take their blood pressure medication????

Everyone eventually dies and has a bad outcome, some people sooner than others because of genetics, bad habits, and stupidity.

The vast majority of malpractice lawsuits that are filed have to do with bad outcomes from bad illnesses, NOT inept care or malpractice. People die from bad diseases, but the public expects us to be God and pull their asses out of the fire when it may be impossible to do so. Many times, these problems are compounded by patient noncompliance. That’s the physicians fault? What ever happened to personal responsibility? Or has that gone the way of the Model T?

In the US there are no bad outcomes. Just bad doctors. If someone young dies, there is no bad outcome. Someone is going to have to pay. My girlfriend’s Uncle developed septic shock after having a prostate biopsy. He is on death’s door. This all happened in Canada. There is no question of “who’s to blame” I imagine in the US there would be hell to pay for this outcome.

How can the statistic be 57-70% of all cases? It’s either 57 or 70 or some number in between. A range doesn’t make sense. Did the site post the quoted testimony?

Regardless, that’s the total number of all lawsuits, not all claims. There will be a number paid without a lawsuit.