Why Quaid won’t stop

Actor Dennis Quaid, whose newborn twins nearly died last year after being given an accidental drug overdose by hospital staff, launched a campaign against medical mistakes with an interview with the CBS news program "60 Minutes.” The Quaids are clear

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Actor Dennis Quaid, whose newborn twins nearly died last year after being given an accidental drug overdose by hospital staff, launched a campaign against medical mistakes during an interview with the CBS news program "60 Minutes” scheduled to be broadcast Sunday. "These mistakes that happened to us are not unique ... they happen in every hospital, in every state in this country," said Quaid, 53, in early releases of the interview. “It's bigger than AIDS. It's bigger than breast cancer. It's bigger than automobile accidents, and yet no one seems to really be aware of the problem." (Reuters)

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