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Millions of people die each year from medical errors and infections linked to health care and going into a hospital is far riskier than flying, the World Health Organization said on Thursday, Reuters reports.

"If you were admitted to hospital tomorrow in any country...your chances of being subjected to an error in your care would be something like 1 in 10. Your chances of dying due to an error in health care would be 1 in 300," Liam Donaldson, the WHO's newly appointed envoy for patient safety, told a news briefing.

This compared with a risk of dying in an air crash of about 1 in 10 million passengers, according to Donaldson. "It shows that health care generally worldwide still has a long way to go," he said. （点击路透社网站查看原文）

看医生比坐飞机危险

       据路透社报道，世界卫生组织周四披露，每年有数百万人因医疗事故和医护感染而死亡，去医院比坐飞机风险高出许多。

       世界卫生组织新任的病患安全特使利亚姆· 唐纳森在新闻发布会上说：“如果明天你到任何国家的医院就医……你遭遇医疗事故的可能性约为1/10。你因医护差错死亡的几率会是1/300。”

       唐纳森表示，因飞机失事而死亡的几率仅为千万分之一。他说：“这说明全世界的医疗行业都还有很长的路要走。”

(China.org.cn July 25, 2011)