As technology advances, an increasing number of health care professionals are utilizing virtual reality (VR) as a way to improve patient care. VR is an effective tool in certain fields of patient therapy, and it’s currently being explored as a way to provide an aspect of palliative care for people with chronic and serious illnesses, including COVID-19.
Inspectors found that an anesthesiologist at a Brooklyn hospital made numerous errors in administering epidurals. Some were life-threatening. One was fatal.
Many doctors worry that the drugs' current popularity, fueled in part by social media, has resulted in people taking them without sufficient medical supervision.
