Years ago, a doctor told me to stay away from hospitals. He was an M.D. – you would think his attitude would be somewhat different. What was the reasoning behind that advice? Patient deaths, injury and other mishaps were rampant in the hospital setting. As studies were done and the problems in hospitals were exposed, action was apparently taken to protect patients. However, according to recent studies, there has been very little improvement. Shouldn’t the focus of the FDA and FTC censorship be on protecting us from these dangers?

Here are just a few statistics from recent studies:

A November, 2010 analysis of 10 North Carolina hospitals, published in the New England Journal of Medicine revealed the following:

• Over 25 injuries per 100 admissions
• 18 percent of patients harmed by medical care
• 63 percent of injuries could have been prevented
• 2.5 percent of these cases resulted in the patient’s death
• 3 percent suffered from permanent injury
• Over 8 percent experienced life-threatening issues

From the Thirteenth Annual HealthGrades Hospital Quality in America Study, which

analyzed approximately 40 million Medicare patients’ records from 2007 through 2009:

• 1 in 9 patients developed a hospital-acquired infection
• 40,000 instances of medical harm occur every day

 From a 2008 study reported by the Office of Inspector General for the Department of Health and Human Services:

One in seven Medicare beneficiaries who is hospitalized will be harmed as a result of the medical care they receive in the hospital

• 44 percent of the adverse and temporary harm events “were clearly or likely preventable.”
• $324 million was the cost of these mistakes in just one month

From a study in the Archives of Internal Medicine:

48,000 patients were killed by sepsis and pneumonia caused by hospital-acquired infections.

• 20 percent of people who developed sepsis died
• 11 percent of those who developed pneumonia died
• $8.1 billion was spent in health care costs caused by hospital-acquired infections in 2006
• most of the infections were preventable

Is it any wonder that consumers want to take care of their own health and not have the FDA and FTC censorship dictate what options they can or cannot find out about and utilize?
People take supplements as both prevention and treatment. Every free man has the right to do prevent and treat his own illness. And every free man has the right to find out what others can offer him to accomplish that. FTC censorship is infringing upon these rights.

Having to go into the hospital isn’t good under any circumstances. But the very strong possibility that your hospital stay – the alleged treatment for your illness – will result in preventable injury, perhaps permanent, or even death, is frightening. Why would the FTC focus on preventing us from finding out about healthy options?

Follow the money.

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