NSW public hospitals record rise in medication errors, surgical errors, inpatient suicides

By Harriet Alexander
Updated February 16 2016 - 10:24am, first published February 4 2016 - 9:36am
NSW hospitals recorded 53 serious adverse events, including 18 patient suicides.
NSW hospitals recorded 53 serious adverse events, including 18 patient suicides.

The NSW public hospital system has recorded an increase in the number of major adverse events, including surgical instruments left in patients, the suicide of inpatients and medication errors resulting in death.

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