A young expectant mother in Jaipur died after receiving the wrong blood type, marking the third death related to blood transfusions there in a year. In the U.S., a troubling number of deaths occur due to medical errors, with the CDC estimating 21,345 deaths caused by complications of medical care from 2018 to 2021. Medical mistakes ranked as the third leading cause of death nationally, according to a 2016 Johns Hopkins study, with 250,000 fatalities annually. These figures might be higher due to underreporting of errors not captured in statistical analyses.
In the U.S., an estimated 21,345 deaths due to medical errors occurred from 2018 to 2021, resulting from complications like adverse drug reactions and infections.
A Johns Hopkins study identified medical errors as the third leading cause of death in America, claiming 250,000 lives annually, with numbers likely underreported.
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