Medical Errors
Tuesday, May 6 2008
Medical Errors
Julia Hallisy
Every year, tens of thousands of people die from mistakes hospitals make while treating patients.
Julia Hallisy spend a decade in and out of medical facilities while her daughter Kate battled cancer. Julia saw first-hand the kinds of mistakes that hospital staff make. One day, while her daughter was watching cartoons in the hospital bed, Julia pulled out a notebook and began to write down the lessons she had learned during her time advocating for Kate. Her notes became a powerful book - a guide to keeping yourself safe from medical errors.
- Learn more about Julia's book, The Empowered Patient
Family in Pictures
Helen Tsatsos and Yia Yia
Helen Tsatsos has always been interested in her grandmother's Greek heritage. Helen remembers seeing the stiff formal portraits taken of her grandmother when "Yia Yia" was a teenager. On one trip to Greece, Helen wandered into a shop and began looking through old photos. She was shocked to find her own grandmother's eyes looking back at her from the stack. The store was hundreds of miles away from her grandmother's hometown. Helen talks to Dick about how important it was for her to discover this small piece of her heritage.
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