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When Routine Surgeries Go Awry

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When going to the hospital for a routine surgery there are things that aren't supposed to happen called, 'never events.' But what happens when never events become a reality? Martin Makary, M.D., speaks with Sound Medicines about why things that are never supposed to happen, usually do.