When hospitals fail to save a life
2008-05-02 15:22:30 (GMT) (Caymanmama.com - Top Stories News)Atlanta, Georgia: Josh Nahum, 27, was like all youngsters who loved thrills and this was the reason he loved skydiving. On the fateful day of Labor Day weekend 2006, he had an accident while skydiving in Colorado and fractured his skull and femur. Josh had to spend six weeks in the ICU where he gradually recovered and doctors said that within a period of two years, Josh would be fully recovered. However, instead of recovering, Josh developed a bacterial infection that led to his death within a period of two weeks.
According to the stepmother of Josh Nahum, Victoria Nahum, “One nurse, who was trying to be comforting, said, ‘these things happen.’” She added that “That’s true, but they happen way more often than they need to happen.”
As per the census by Centers for Disease Control and Preservation, Josh is one of 99,000 people who die every year due to infection at the hospital. The former lieutenant governor of New York, Besty Mc Caughey said that-“You don’t often come across such a big problem that you can prevent.”
After talking to bereaved families like Nahums, McCaughey started Committee to Reduce Infection Deaths. With the death of Josh, Nahums started the Safe Care Campaign.
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