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Doctors are licensed practitioners who work in various branches of medicine, from pediatricians to neurosurgeons, from physicians to surgeons, and others related to the medical field. They treat the injured and the sick. They remove a malfunctioning organ(s) and replace it with another if need be. They apply remedies and perform many other tasks. Doctors are important and beneficial to everyone that needs care. In essence, their work is without a doubt paramount.

Nonetheless, can doctors be fully trusted? Never. Why? Because they account for thousands of medical errors, leading to disfigurement, death, traumas, and a multitude of other problems.

One would think that doctors would be near flawless, but that is far from the truth - and far from reality. Doctors, like every human being, make mistakes. But the main thing that separates a doctor's mistake from other mistakes is this: The gravity of their mistakes can lead to one's demise - and has caused a large number of deaths.

Medical errors are very common and inevitable. In a large industry that is so congested with patients, with doctors who make quick decisions, and see so many patients, it shouldn't surprise any that errors are made. In fact, studies by the Institute of Medicine (IOM) show that more than 44,000 to 98,000 deaths occur yearly in the United States, which is a staggering amount.

Because there are so many medical errors that take place in the United States, only a few will be mentioned: 1) Wrong diagnosis/prescription; 2) Items left inside patients; and 3) Wrong side surgery/ Incisions on the wrong body part.

To begin with, wrong diagnosis/prescription has been problematic for quite some time. Some doctors have a sense of correctness and arrogance, believing that whatever they say is right. Basically, they carry around a god-like motif because they have the title of doctor, and that is where mistakes are made.

Making quick judgments on patients (and their symptoms) is another problem. Because doctors usually see various patients with similar symptoms, they tend to treat them similarly and render the same diagnosis. At times, they can be correct, and at other times, they can be wrong. Basically, it's a constant guessing game that should never happen. It doesn't matter how stressed out and fatigue a doctor is, he or she should make certain that the diagnosis and prescription are right - especially when it deals when one's health.

If mistakes are made through due diligence, then that's okay; however,

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