Working Undercover at Dirty Hospital


	Working Undercover at Dirty Hospital

abailart

10-13-2007 12:29 PM

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maidstone hospital, cleaning, hygeine, infection

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10-14-2007 9:12 AM

thinkingblue

This is scary, no wonder 195,000 people die in U.S. hospitals per year due to medical errors... It's enoough to make you ill.

http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/11856.php

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