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Dr. Robert Liston was considered one of the best surgeons in the world… Until he killed three people in one surgery. This bizarre event (the only surgery with a 300% mortality rate) was just one of many insanely bad medical mistakes through the years. And we’ve assembled some of the worst right here.

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LINKS LINKS LINKS:
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK499956/
https://centerforhealthjournalism.org/our-work/insights/3-horrific-medical-mistakes-scandalize-profession
https://www.facs.org/media/nggpiakr/05_liston.pdf
https://museumofhealthcare.blog/the-story-of-robert-liston-and-his-surgical-skill/
https://www.facs.org/media/nggpiakr/05_liston.pdf
https://www.aamc.org/news/bloody-hands-dirty-knives-horrors-victorian-medicine
https://drlindseyfitzharris.com/
https://www.nbcnews.com/health/health-news/family-sues-after-man-gets-wide-awake-surgery-flna1c9474529
https://www.oklahoman.com/story/news/1985/03/07/brain-dead-photographer-dies-after-respirator-unplugged/62771592007/
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/report-nyc-man-set-on-fire-during-tracheotomy-surgery/
https://www.oginski-law.com/news/nyc-patient-catches-fire-during-tracheotomy-20120508.cfm
https://www.mdc.edu/medical/bioethics/jessica.htm#:~:text=FEBRUARY%2021%2C%202003&text=A%20teenage%20girl%20who%20was,attempt%20to%20save%20her%20life
https://sps.columbia.edu/faculty/thomas-h-murray#:~:text=the%20Hastings%20Center-,Thomas%20H.,Watson%20Professor%20of%20Bioethics.
https://corporate.dukehealth.org/news/jesica-santillan-and-duke-what-we-learned
https://abcnews.go.com/Health/story?id=3925810&page=1
https://www.nbcnews.com/health/health-news/third-wrong-sided-brain-surgery-r-i-hospital-flna1c9463696
https://centerforhealthjournalism.org/our-work/insights/3-horrific-medical-mistakes-scandalize-profession
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z717hvqCZig
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/doctor-carves-initials-in-patient/
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/dr-zorro-sentenced-to-probation/
https://www.hamptonking.com/blog/7-shocking-medical-malpractice-stories-you-wont-believe-happened/
https://blog.cureatr.com/6-medication-error-stories-that-made-headlines
https://leightonlaw.com/12-famous-medical-malpractice-cases/

TIMESTAMPS:
0:00 - Intro
2:06 - The Surgery That Killed Three People
5:32 - Wide Awake Surgery
7:02 - The Wrong Spinal Fluid
8:49 - Man On Fire
10:05 - Bad Blood
11:56 - The Wrong Brain 
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