News Stories related to Happeh Theory

Many people refuse to believe Happeh Theory because scientists contradict the claims of Happeh Theory. Scientists do not know everything. In fact scientists frequently make mistakes.

This blog entry is about a news story describing how increasing numbers of plastic surgery patients are being harmed by their doctors.

More proof that doctors and scientist make mistakes all of the time. If they can make a mistake about something as serious as plastic surgery, then they can easily make mistakes about intellectual theoretical material like Happeh Theory.

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There has been a "significant rise" in the number of negligence claims against doctors who harm and even kill patients during cosmetic surgery.

The patients' charity Action against Medical Accidents (AvMA) is so concerned that it is considering setting up an independent group to provide information on surgeons' success rates. The new group would also support patients whose surgery has gone wrong.

The move follows the death on Friday of Denise Hendry, the wife of former Scotland football captain Colin Hendry, who contracted a serious infection as she recovered from an operation to correct botched cosmetic surgery. Denise, a mother of four, suffered multiple organ failure in 2002 after a "routine" liposuction procedure at a private hospital.

"There has been a definite increase in claims against cosmetic surgeons for surgery that's gone tragically wrong," said Peter Walsh, chief executive of AvMA. "It is terrible but it will be something that rises significantly as the number of people choosing to have these operations continues to increase, and as awareness spreads that claims against surgeons can be pursued. This is an area crying out for better regulation."

According to market researcher Mintel, cosmetic surgery in Britain was worth £143m in 2002 but this year the figure will touch £1.2bn.

Medical negligence specialist Edwina Rawson, of Charles Russell solicitors in London, said the key problem is the lack of information about the competence of surgeons. "At the moment you could have a bowel surgeon setting up to operate on someone's face and it would be impossible to know," she said.

The government recently announced that certain cosmetic laser treatments are to be taken out of statutory regulation, despite a significant number of incidents resulting in harm for the patient.

Ministers have also refused to regulate procedures such as Botox injections and dermal fillers.