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Medical Errors: There are more than you think.

By John Milne on Thursday, February 6, 2003.

Americans hear every day about medical progress … a cure for a new disease or a successful treatment.

But what doctors and officials haven’t been talking about is a surprisingly large number of medical errors, some of them causing injury or death.

This year, doctors, hospitals and state legislators are taking steps to reduce the number of mistakes.

NHPR’s John Milne filed this report:

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