[Consultant32452]

Medical errors are the third leading cause of death. We like to imagine we’ve come a long way from treating ghosts in your blood with cocaine, but we haven’t.

https://www.bmj.com/content/353/bmj.i2139

[gowld]

That's a very misleading summary. "Leading causes of death could be prevented by more perfect medical response" is a better summary.

[teh_infallible]

“Leading causes of death” being medical incompetence, which is the third largest cause of death in the US