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 Suzan Addison Shinazy RN (retired) Return To
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As an ICU RN with only four years experience, I watched my mother die of
failure to treat several hospital acquired infections. I saw how medically
harmed patients are let down by the medical and the legal industry. So, I
joined efforts with Consumers Union Safe Patient Project to bring
improvements to California's healthcare. My personal work consisted of
helping medically harmed patients, one by one, in any way I could.
In 2011, I was violently attacked by a hallucinating patient while at work
as an RN. This lead to spinal cord compression, eventual right sided
paralysis, and emergency surgery. Surgical errors lead to a massive lung
hemorrhage. In addition, medication errors and failure to treat the
hemorrhage resulted in permanent lung damage. I am now on a lung transplant
list. Not one of the healthcare professionals involved in the errors has
stepped up to help me through this ordeal.
I began a 'Medical Error Transparency Plan' group in an effort to fight the
lack of transparency surrounding medical errors and fight the lack of help
for the medically harmed. Dr. Kevin Kavanagh and his Health Watch USA
meetings have taught me (and others) so much, and I am honored to be able to
help with his efforts.
 The picture on the right is a photomicrograph of
Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus Aureus (MRSA).
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