Surely not, but medical errors are the third-leading cause of death... that sounds like a systemic problem. And how do we come to nearly 25% of all surgeries being unnecessary? That's one in four. You can point at medical malpractice suits as a problem but when one in four operations are done unnecessarily, that would seem to point to some being malpractice or just plain greed. Thanks for sharing your wealth of knowledge with us.