From kings to cobblers 'tis the same; Bad servants wound their masters' fame.
The USDHEW calculates that 7% of all patients suffer compensable injuries while hospitalized. . . . . One out of every five patients admitted to a typical research hospital acquires an iatrogenic (Caused by the treatment process) disease, one case in thirty leading to death. Half of these episodes result from complications of drug therapy; amazingly, one in ten come from diagnostic procedures.