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Leslie Worthington continues the search for accountability in Canadian health care. The family members of other patients experiencing medical errors begin contacting her for help in navigating a closed-door system. On one occasion Leslie and another woman offer each other support by picketing near Concordia Hospital in an effort to gain access to information and [...]
Posted by admin on Wednesday, April 7, 2010 at 12:00 am
Filed under Canadian Health Care Stories · Tagged accountability in canadian health care, apology legislation, canadian health care system, Canadian Patient Safety Institute, Canadian patient safety week, John Klassen, Leslie Worthington, medical errors, patient advocacy, patient safety, patient safety advocate, patient voice, Patients for Patient Safety Canada, Winnipeg Regional Health Authority
John Klassen died at Concordia Hospital in Winnipeg, Manitoba on January 26, 2004, at the age of 80 from complications following a heart attack. If not for the efforts of his daughter Leslie Worthington, these would be the only known facts of this patient case. For when a patient dies as a result of medical error [...]
Posted by admin on Saturday, April 3, 2010 at 2:10 am
Filed under Canadian Health Care Stories · Tagged care management errors, College of Physicians and Surgeons of Manitoba, Concordia Hospital, critical occurrence review team, John Klassen, Jon Gerrard, Leslie Worthington, medical charting, medical error, patient safety, Winnipeg Regional Health Authority
