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<blockquote data-quote="philadelphos" data-source="post: 74053109" data-attributes="member: 420433"><p>[USER=396712]@Tanj[/USER] In the UK there are <em>no deadly critters</em> when you enter a hospital you have a 7% chance of death, whereas in Australia, if you enter a hospital you have a 15% chance of death. These figures are from Wed 9 May 1860 (see <a href="https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/5682027" target="_blank">article</a>). Why so old you wonder ? Because Australian hospitals no longer release mortality rate info...</p><p></p><p>University of Melbourne (21 December, 2017), <a href="https://mspgh.unimelb.edu.au/centres-institutes/centre-for-health-policy/news-and-events/why-dont-we-know-how-many-people-die-in-our-hospitals" target="_blank">Why don’t we know how many people die in our hospitals?</a></p><p></p><p>Because, "Australia’s National Health Performance Authority (NHPA) decided not to release data on death rates across Australia’s hospitals." i.e. secrecy and censorship.</p><p></p><p>So if you ever have to make a <em>Freedom of Information request</em> to an Australian hospital, expect to be declined. Only 19-20% of people are granted access to records they need... explaining what happened to their loved one...</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]258489[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]258488[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>In the 1850s they were saying, Australian Hospitals have "imperilled the well-being of our poor; it has brought shame on the medical profession". - Then they had access to information. Now we are <em>blind</em>, so one can only <em>wonder</em>.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="philadelphos, post: 74053109, member: 420433"] [USER=396712]@Tanj[/USER] In the UK there are [I]no deadly critters[/I] when you enter a hospital you have a 7% chance of death, whereas in Australia, if you enter a hospital you have a 15% chance of death. These figures are from Wed 9 May 1860 (see [URL='https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/5682027']article[/URL]). Why so old you wonder ? Because Australian hospitals no longer release mortality rate info... University of Melbourne (21 December, 2017), [URL='https://mspgh.unimelb.edu.au/centres-institutes/centre-for-health-policy/news-and-events/why-dont-we-know-how-many-people-die-in-our-hospitals']Why don’t we know how many people die in our hospitals?[/URL] Because, "Australia’s National Health Performance Authority (NHPA) decided not to release data on death rates across Australia’s hospitals." i.e. secrecy and censorship. So if you ever have to make a [I]Freedom of Information request[/I] to an Australian hospital, expect to be declined. Only 19-20% of people are granted access to records they need... explaining what happened to their loved one... [ATTACH=full]258489[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]258488[/ATTACH] In the 1850s they were saying, Australian Hospitals have "imperilled the well-being of our poor; it has brought shame on the medical profession". - Then they had access to information. Now we are [I]blind[/I], so one can only [I]wonder[/I]. [/QUOTE]
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