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I wish these were around years ago when I had all my surgeries, as yes I remember the cold surgery rooms pretty well. There are several videos here to view.
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If something goes wrong during a surgery, or a patient is given the wrong medication, or has a terrible response to treatment, who is responsible?
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In November, 2009, a rancorous argument about screening mammography for women aged 40-49 was touched off by the publication of updated guidelines(1), supported by a systematic literature review(2) by the US Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF). The guidelines suggested that yearly mammographic screening for women in that age group should not be automatic, but a decision made for individual patients after discussion between the patients and their doctors. This was based on a critical review of the best available data which suggested that the benefits of screening acrue to only a few patients. 1904 women would have to start screening and continue for multiple rounds to prevent one cancer death over 11-20 years of follow-up. These benefits had to be balanced against a number of potential risks, including the risks of treatment of cancers that might never behave malignantly, and the at least theoretical risk of generating new cancers through radiation exposure from mammography.
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As the economy gets tougher to deal with it appears even defibrillators are open game for resale. In this case a man who needed money apparently stole them and pawned them at a second hand store. The value of each was around 10-15k. There were a few other medical devices found as well.
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I have seen the following situation happen more than one time:
Elderly patient is discharged from hospital and taken to a nursing home after 5:00pm. Arrives at nursing home, and staff is unprepared or not there.
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The American College of Cardiology has has their website on the internet with their cause and battle against the proposed cuts. You can also read some additional 
comments from cardiologists on the site as well as as watching videos from their website, one of which I have embedded below. One of my clients, Dr. Mike, took time to write his congress person, and just this morning I received an email from him stating he has heard nothing. Actually his letter through one of my comments has been accessed here through I link I provided on the New York Times. You can read Dr. Mikes letter at the link below and my original post.
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The reason for the recall is a chemical that is used to treat shipping pallets and perhaps some of the chemical, vapor, etc. has been captured in the bottles. This is what appears to be the story here as the bottles contain a foul smell. The chemical has the capability to ruin the medication as well as bring on some nausea, 
vomiting and diarrhea.
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This stands to change the way surgical procedures are done as relates to breast cancer and removal of tumors. Right now a wire is inserted at the time of surgery and it uses ultrasound. With the proposed process of using RFID, the tag, about as big as a piece of rice could be inserted as far as 7 days in advance of the surgery.
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Did you visit a loved one over Christmas at a local nursing home?
Was it chaos? I would guess it was. Many nurses there? I doubt it. And what happened when the normal care takers were home with their families? Were sub-nurses hired and asked to provide care without any supervision or guidance?
