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Topic: Medical negligence

Medical negligence refers to the failure of healthcare providers to provide adequate care, leading to patient harm or death.

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The podcast episodes provided demonstrate various instances of medical negligence, from unqualified individuals performing procedures, to healthcare workers intentionally harming patients, to a lack of oversight and accountability that enables these issues to persist.

For example, the episode "#352: The Nurses Watch Him Bleed Out On The Operating Table Because The Doctor Went Home" explores the dangerous practice of 'ghost doctors' in South Korean plastic surgery clinics, where famous surgeons outsource procedures to unqualified individuals, leading to tragic consequences like the death of a young man. Similarly, the episode "Nursery Crimes" details how a pediatrician's nurse was able to harm multiple infants across different facilities, highlighting systemic failures that allowed her to continue her disturbing pattern of behavior.

Other episodes, such as "The Corruption Behind Med Spas And Vitamin Injections" and "The Three Reports (S2 E3)", explore issues of lack of regulation and oversight in the healthcare industry, as well as the devastating impact on patients when these problems are not addressed.

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