webfact Posted August 14, 2014 Share Posted August 14, 2014 Aussie hospital declares 200 patients dead in admin blunder MELBOURNE - An Australian hospital apologised "unreservedly" Thursday after sending out notices to the doctors of more than 200 patients telling them they had died instead of being discharged. The error by Austin Hospital in Melbourne was spotted within hours and the doctors were contacted, but not before at least one had called a family member to express their condolences, the Herald Sun newspaper reported. Austin Health, which runs the hospital, said the notices -- which were sent on Wednesday, July 30 -- were a result of "human error" after changes to a death notification template were saved to the standard discharge template. "On recognising the error on the Wednesday morning, Austin Hospital immediately contacted all GP clinics affected," Austin Health spokeswoman Taryn Sheehy said in a statement. "We apologised unreservedly to affected clinics who, for the most part, were very understanding about the error." Sheehy added that patient care was not affected, but the president of the Australian Medical Association's Victoria state branch, Tony Bartone, said the blunder was "unacceptable".Full story: http://www.enca.com/aussie-hospital-declares-200-patients-dead-admin-blunder-- eNCA 2014-08-14 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post car720 Posted August 14, 2014 Popular Post Share Posted August 14, 2014 I don't know....if they declared me dead would that mean that I wouldn't have to pay taxes any more??? 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
laocowboy2 Posted August 14, 2014 Share Posted August 14, 2014 Classic 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post BudfahRuksa Posted August 14, 2014 Popular Post Share Posted August 14, 2014 Interesting how blunders back home attracts little attention ..... whereas If it was a Thai Hospital blunder we would never hear the end of it..just saying 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rickster Posted August 14, 2014 Share Posted August 14, 2014 Location noted.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post catweazle Posted August 14, 2014 Popular Post Share Posted August 14, 2014 I can imagine the hundreds of Thai bashing posts here if would have been a Thai hospital... 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gillyflower Posted August 14, 2014 Share Posted August 14, 2014 It happened in some far off country - not Thailand. To a certain extent, why should anybody be interested to comment on it. The posters on TVF come from a variety of countries and these blunders really only interest the local people. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spoonman Posted August 14, 2014 Share Posted August 14, 2014 Glad I did not spend that inheritance cheque then. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Africanteacher Posted August 14, 2014 Share Posted August 14, 2014 So, not in Thailand then? Move along! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mudcrab Posted August 14, 2014 Share Posted August 14, 2014 It happened in some far off country - not Thailand. To a certain extent, why should anybody be interested to comment on it. The posters on TVF come from a variety of countries and these blunders really only interest the local people. Hardly a far off country - damn sight closer than Europe or the US . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ggt Posted August 14, 2014 Share Posted August 14, 2014 (edited) This kind of problem can be corrected...the hundreds who DO actually die in hospitals due to incompetent hospital employees is a REAL problem...which they sweep under the rug...makes me nervous having to go to a hospital...putting your life in one's hands...who does not give a flip about you... Edited August 14, 2014 by ggt 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scotbeve Posted August 14, 2014 Share Posted August 14, 2014 <script type='text/javascript'>window.mod_pagespeed_start = Number(new Date());</script> I can imagine the hundreds of Thai bashing posts here if would have been a Thai hospital... alt=coffee1.gif width=32 height=24> Okay... I'll bite.... American hospitals and health system... You would not even hear about this for a week or 2 until someone has spun the proper butt-saving response (Yes, I'm Amurikan...). And a morbid sidenote: >>> Death to the people All rise, Eat the Drugs of death... etc., blah, and blah, Praise Big Pharma Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Credo Posted August 14, 2014 Share Posted August 14, 2014 I can imagine the hundreds of Thai bashing posts here if would have been a Thai hospital... Thai hospitals wouldn't bother to notify anybody about anything. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
malcoml Posted August 14, 2014 Share Posted August 14, 2014 Don't lie Credo. Families would have been asked to come in and immediately pay the bill. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Holiday Kojak Posted August 14, 2014 Share Posted August 14, 2014 Be an ideal situation if your going through a divorce and was sent to your X, yes even the Aussies have malfunctions like every other country in the world. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mudcrab Posted August 14, 2014 Share Posted August 14, 2014 It happened in some far off country - not Thailand. To a certain extent, why should anybody be interested to comment on it. The posters on TVF come from a variety of countries and these blunders really only interest the local people. So no more comments on the UK pensions, Obamacare, Schengen visas? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yann55 Posted August 14, 2014 Share Posted August 14, 2014 It happened in some far off country - not Thailand. To a certain extent, why should anybody be interested to comment on it. The posters on TVF come from a variety of countries and these blunders really only interest the local people. hum.... a variety of countries, you say ? It's probably impossible to know for sure but pretty obvious that a large majority of TVF members come from english-speaking countries. Try making a critical comment about UK, Australia or the US, and you'll see... It's an english-speaking forum so it's logical that most posters would be native speakers, but no, it's not really an international forum. I don't know if such a forum exists for real, as a matter of fact. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yann55 Posted August 14, 2014 Share Posted August 14, 2014 (edited) I can imagine the hundreds of Thai bashing posts here if would have been a Thai hospital... Thai hospitals wouldn't bother to notify anybody about anything. See ? If you're eager to Thaibash all you have to do is start with 'if this happened in Thailand' and off you go. Thanks for giving us a good example, Credo. Edited August 14, 2014 by Yann55 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ianatlarge Posted August 15, 2014 Share Posted August 15, 2014 a. The headline is misleading. b. Fucking Australians. Can't shovel shit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
harrry Posted August 15, 2014 Share Posted August 15, 2014 a. The headline is misleading. b. <deleted> Australians. Can't shovel shit. We do not need to ...we have machines to do that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
harrry Posted August 15, 2014 Share Posted August 15, 2014 (edited) Classic Bit of a misleader....so the girl at the computer took a list andpessed F1 to send this leteer to all the Doctors on this list instead of pressing F2 to send a letter to the doctors that they were being discharged. At least they did not feel the need to run round the ward to ensure that the letter was true so the hospital did not have to lose face. Edited August 15, 2014 by harrry Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
car720 Posted August 15, 2014 Share Posted August 15, 2014 This kind of problem can be corrected...the hundreds who DO actually die in hospitals due to incompetent hospital employees is a REAL problem...which they sweep under the rug...makes me nervous having to go to a hospital...putting your life in one's hands...who does not give a flip about you... I have always loved this guys profile picture but I have just got to know is it a girl or a katoy? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thailiketoo Posted August 15, 2014 Share Posted August 15, 2014 (edited) I can imagine the hundreds of Thai bashing posts here if would have been a Thai hospital... Thai hospitals wouldn't bother to notify anybody about anything. First post to turn it into Thai Bashing thread. Congrats. Edited August 15, 2014 by thailiketoo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lvr181 Posted August 15, 2014 Share Posted August 15, 2014 This kind of problem can be corrected...the hundreds who DO actually die in hospitals due to incompetent hospital employees is a REAL problem...which they sweep under the rug...makes me nervous having to go to a hospital...putting your life in one's hands...who does not give a flip about you... Mr Perfect, right? People do die in hospitals because they have been sick or injured. Sometimes from medical "misadventure". Generally speaking doctors and nurses do care about their patients and are not incompetent. I hope they do not recognise you when you may have to enter hospital! As for the Australian hospital mentioned, at least they did not blame the computer system. I just hope that some supervisor or manager got their backside kicked very hard for causing any distress. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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