'A TRAGIC ERROR'

Discusses the death of Jésica Santillán who was given a heart-lung transplant on February 7, 2003 which ended in her death due to physician error. Background information on Jésica; How she had come to Duke University Hospital; How Jésica's blood is type O while the organs given her were type A; Issues of tort reform and medical malpractice; Report made by the Institute of Medicine in 1999 finding that medical errors cause between 44,000 and 98,000 deaths in the United States annually; How the doctors tried to cover up the mistake even though it was discovered while Jésica was still in the operating room; Acute organ rejection in patients; Legal issues faced by the hospital and surgeons.