Changing the culture in healthcare - part 2

Members of the juries must be drawn completely from the outside. Those who are on a government payroll or rely on government funding would be compromised. Organisations such as Rotary would be suitable for choosing the members from the private sector and releasing them from duty as need be.

Conclusion

The system in its present form is incapable of making itself safe for us.

As a reputed 50,000 hospital patients are permanently injured by their health care each year, we must get involved in our own protection by means of community-based structures which the government has nothing to do with - except to fund their operation.

Part 1 to this article is here.