Death, Profit and Disclosure at a Children’s Hospital
Update: 2019-05-31
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A Times investigation found that doctors at UNC Children’s Hospital suspected that children with complex heart conditions had been dying at higher-than-expected rates, and even children with low-risk conditions seemed to do poorly. Secret recordings shared with our colleague reveal what was happening inside the hospital. Guest: Ellen Gabler, an investigative reporter for The New York Times. For more information on today’s episode, visit nytimes.com/thedaily.
Background reading:
- Limited information released by UNC shows that the hospital’s cardiac surgery mortality rate from July 2013 through June 2017 was higher than those of most of the 82 hospitals that publicly report similar information.
- Listen to the audio recordings that provide an unfiltered look behind closed doors at the hospital.
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snoopy_hth
UNC Hospital & affiliates is where my wife and I both go for healthcare. Learning about this is shocking and terrifying. If they will try to cover up child deaths at the hands of their doctors what else are they willing to cover up? My wife and I have both had surgery there and even though we are not pediatric, obviously, I still would be afraid to go back to have even the most routine surgery. Yet another example of those in leadership positions putting profits over people, over the lives of innocent children and the affect that would have on the children's families. This is disgusting and inexcusable.