While this documentary did raise interesting points and healthcare can be improved in this country it was very one sided. I feel for Mr. Burrows and his mother as her care and recovery took a tragic turn. Things not pointed out and I question were:
1.The complexity of his mothers hip fracture and that the second surgery (taking the plate and screws out/performing a hip replacement) is known to be a difficult one taking several hours
2.Surgeries including heart and hip surgeries are routinely performed with patients on Plavix. Studies show that it is safe to do so
3.It is portrayed that his mother spent 8 days in the hospital for no apparent reason prior to the surgery. It is not explained why she was in the hospital for that long with no decision on care made. I doubt it was no good reason. Perhaps she had some medical issues and that she was being given PT to see could improve with this instead of performing the surgery?
4. Dr. Bauer was portrayed as a villian. Really? I think he showed compassion by agreeing to meet with Mr. Burrow to discuss the care at Panera bread. He was clearly upset/choked up at the deposition because he cared.
5. Medical error is the 3rd leading cause of death? This is simply not true and based off of a widely criticized study in the British Medical Journal. Not many physicians believe this to be true. The top ten causes of death according to the national center for health statistics are the following:Heart Disease, cancer, chronic lower respiratory diseases, accidents, stroke, Alzheimers, diabetes, influenza and pneumonia, nephritis, overdose and suicide
6. After a hip fracture the chance of death within one year despite fixing it is around 15%. Without fixing the fracture the chance of death is much higher
Review of Bleed Out
