In today\u2019s fast-paced, under-staffed medical world, it is important for people to take responsibility for their own health care. Blindly trusting in the establishment no longer guarantees the best outcome. One way to improve your odds of receiving accurate diagnoses and treatment is to be aware of potential pitfalls due to ignorance, miscommunication, human error and\/or malpractice.<\/p>\n
Prad Chaudhuri and Dr. Bobby Chaudhuri can help. They are experienced public speakers who are available to address a conference audience or group of any kind.<\/p>\n
Dr. Chaudhuri has the following to say on medical mistakes:<\/strong><\/p>\n \u201cExposing a hidden truth that belies a trusted establishment\u2019s promise to \u2018Do no harm\u2019 and revealing it to a reading audience who may be unaware of these facts that occur is daunting, yet courageous. A simple medical error transformed my life from a healthy young man to a brain-injured epileptic and insulin-dependent diabetic.<\/p>\n Eighteen years later, fatigue, medications and personal care workers rule part of my life. My ambition, perseverance and determination to do better, recover more, and contribute to medicine continue. Since 1994, I completed psychiatry residency, completed a subspecialty in community medicine, and taught at a medical school.<\/p>\n Now I work with the First Nations with respect to their many problems. I am active physically, with limits, and participate as a scholar and a medical researcher. Nothing is ever perfect or easy, but all things considered, what I am currently doing is satisfying.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n Prad Chaudhuri adds the following:<\/strong><\/p>\n The purpose of my book is to inform and educate both providers and consumers of healthcare on the perils of medical malady. At the end of the day, providers are consumers as well. The understanding\u2014that medical mistakes affect everyone, from doorkeepers to doctors, from lawmakers to lawyers\u2014is often forgotten. To remain in denial or operate in the dark helps no one, and guarantees the appearance of medical misery, at one time or another, from the beginning of life to the end.<\/p>\n My book is not intended to bruise anyone\u2019s ego or any institution\u2019s reputation, but to encourage those in positions of trust to be open, to disclose, take ownership, and remedy mistakes in a forthright manner. By being open, they can help improve the system and relieve pain and suffering in this small world in which we live our short lives.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n