Do we place too much trust in doctors without knowing their track record ? ( Archived) (23)

Has anyone ever had a medical procedure go wrong whether by accident or incompetence ?

Do we place too much trust in doctors without knowing their track record ?


Yes I think we do, My daughter had something called Perthes disease (bi laterally).. Its a hip disease, when the ball of the socket loses its blood supply and starts to die (Necrosis).. she has had LOADS of hip ops .. traction.. hip spicas (body casts) and has had a hip replaced.

I've been through a lot of doctors- specialists.. because some of them didn't seem to know what the hell they were talking about.

When something happens to me or mine.. I read read read and READ... and it it doesn't sound completely RIGHT to me.. I get a 2nd.. (or 3rd) opinion.

The Orthopaedic surgeon we were given, said he has only seen it twice in HIS career.. So I knew there and then he wasn't the man to do he Ops. I checked him out too.. and found an old patient that was VERY unhappy with the results.

I found a particular method of doing it.. called the *Catterall Method*.. that is now used all around the world. Eventually.. after A LOT of hassle and a lot of travelling.. I finally got her Ops (over time) done by Mr Catterall himself.


(The same when they told me they thought my son had Leukaemia.. and *I* found out he had actually been bitten by a rat which showed a lot of the same symptoms. lol) ::phew!::



So anyway... what was I saying?

Oh yeah...


No.. I never take their first diagnosis as *Rule*... I check THEM out.. and check out treatments and procedures FIRST.




I think they are like ANYBODY.. in ANY job/profession...

Some people are good at what they do.. some people are middle of the road.. and some people.. you wonder how the hell they got the job n the first place.


Just BECAUSE they are *Doctors* doesn't mean they are always right.

Errrm... In MY opinion.. of course.

There should be public access to all doctor's performance records.

I've seen a few that appear to have had brain surgury that didn't quite work out!!!!!!!!!!

Question for you....are there any SHRINERS organisations where u live?
They have a hospital here that gives free treament and ops to children up to the age of 18.My mom was a patient there as a child.

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Oo I've never heard of it myself. (But I do live in the sticks)..

THANKFULLY (after all the tax we pay).. we have the NHS (national health service).. So we don't pay.

I'd have been bankrupt if we did

I totally agree Paws.

How do you check out a Dr. ? They seem to exist in a vacuum.