Never Events

"Who else is going to die today? Who else is going to be harmed today?" ~ Michele Monserratt-Ramos, patient safety activistWhen Angela Asatrian, a social worker and filmmaker, found out her friend Ojan was a victim of severe medical negligence during a routine cyst removal, she was outraged and took action. Angela flew around the country to interview survivors of medical harm and patient safety experts. Never Events, a must see film, educates about the scope and frequency of medical harm, which is a lead cause of death and injury in the United States.A Never Event is serious medical harm, (i.e.operating on a wrong body part), that should not occur if safety procedures are followed. Everyone Angela interviewed shared heartbreaking stories that elucidate the failure of our system. When a doctor commits a Never Event they are often not held to account; victims suffer and the public remains at risk.Angela focuses in on a law in California, (and 32 other states), that caps non-economic dama