Consumer protection

Here's a story about how members of the Changemakers community are protecting patients in North America:

It’s reassuring to know when you get on a plane, that the pilot has an emergency checklist and a co-pilot backing him up.  It should also be reassuring to know that ICU doctors may soon be following their lead.

Every year, some 200,000 patients contract infections during their stay in intensive care.  Most of these are treatable with expensive antibiotics and a longer hospital stay.  In some cases, these infections can be fatal.

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