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The surgeon orchestrated a great recovery from a massive bleed that resulted in blindness, but the patient sued for answers.

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Even in the safest healthcare setting, things can go wrong. For more than 40 years, CRICO has analyzed MPL cases from the Harvard medical community. Join our experts as they unpack what occurred and the lessons learned for safer patient care from the causes of these errors.

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