Jesica's Story

After ready Jesica’s miraculous story of an inexcusable medical mistake gone horribly wrong at the hands of her surgeon, my first reaction was the anger expressed from her parents that overcame impossible barriers to make sure that she gets the best medical care. Then my perspective changed to sorrow and remorse for the unfortunate surgeon that regrettably overlooked one simple oversight for her blood type that resulted in her death. He at least stepped up and took full responsibility for his mistake, although it was unavoidable. Immediately following the incident, people started to point fingers and initiate blame. Santillan's transplant surgeon said he takes responsibility for the organ mix-up. He didn’t reproach the nurses that should’ve verified the blood type, but rather admit that he was liable for the negligence. Because a surgeon is technically in charge of the surgical case, Dr. Jaggers assumed accountability for the medical error. I think in this situation no human error along is to blame. The medical error that took Jesica’s life was the result of system design failures.