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    The Wall Street Journal‏Verified account @WSJ 23 Dec 2012

    Researchers estimate that surgeons in the U.S. make more than 4,000 mistakes each year.http://on.wsj.com/T7svLP 

    2:18 PM - 23 Dec 2012
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      1. P.C. Crawford‏ @51Prentice 24 Dec 2012
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        @WSJ Doctors of all stripes accidentally cause nearly 120,000 patient deaths per year. Accidental firearms deaths is about 1,500

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      1. ZaheerK‏ @ZaheerKdr 23 Dec 2012
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        @WSJ yoh

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      1. Kenneth B Tappert‏ @Kentappert 23 Dec 2012
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        @WSJ How many surgeons are there in the US?

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      1. Thomas Murphy‏ @placeplace123 23 Dec 2012
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        @WSJ EACH???????????????????

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      1. topoftexas‏ @tomtexas 23 Dec 2012
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        @WSJ now ask, how many mistakes do the researchers make? Interesting question!

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      1. Shehroz‏ @shyr0s3 23 Dec 2012
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        @WSJ it's been happening for years. my mom's surgeon forgot pieces of plastic inside the wound after multiple surgeries

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      1. lewis stone‏ @bkwise 23 Dec 2012
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        @WSJ wait until obamacare comes in, all physicians will be overwhelmed and mistakes will increase!

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      1. ray‏ @uroflow1 23 Dec 2012
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        @WSJ Ok let get perspective their are about 48 million procedures per year that data is more than (cont) http://tl.gd/kf4e0a 

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      1. Bill Balser‏ @BillBalser 23 Dec 2012
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        @WSJ Do we ban all the surgeons???

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      1. Patriot/Metaphor Magnet‏ @momike1 23 Dec 2012
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        @WSJ when was the last time you seen a researcher walk on water. What about all the lives surgeons save every year......

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      1. Francesco Portolano‏ @franceportolano 23 Dec 2012
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        .@WSJ per surgeon? ;-)

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      1. Dan Wayment‏ @cantcu 23 Dec 2012
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        @WSJ By the way, dont tweet your stories that no-one can read unless they pay you!.

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      1. Dan Wayment‏ @cantcu 23 Dec 2012
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        @WSJ No wonder they don't want to be sued and you want to give them legal cover.

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      1. Mallam Abdullahi Shitu‏ @AbdullShitu 23 Dec 2012
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        @WSJ this a nerve-racking mistakes that scare the hell of patients, if they have to go thru surgical procedures.

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      1. Sadat Khan‏ @LlamaMonsta 23 Dec 2012
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        @WSJ @JoelHeyman This makes for way funnier story when you imagine that the 4000 mistake were made by one surgeon.

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      1. Josh Ac‏ @JoshAc2 23 Dec 2012
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        @WSJ @JoelHeyman You would retweet this.

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      1. richard morofsky‏ @morofsky 23 Dec 2012
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        @WSJ ....we all make mistakes .......

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