According to a 2016 Johns Hopkins study, more than 250,000 people in the United States die from medical error every year, making it the third leading cause of death in the country. HBO documentary, "B..
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According to a 2016 Johns Hopkins study, more than 250,000 people in the United States die from medical error every year, making it the third leading cause of death in the country. HBO documentary, "Bleed Out," examines the harsh reality of medical errors. Telling the story of Judie who took a fall in Nov. 2009, following a hip replacement earlier that year. It was just a partial hip replacement. But a few short months later, Judie was in a coma with permanent brain damage.
After a routine partial hip replacement operation leaves his mother in a coma with permanent brain damage, what starts as a son's video diary becomes a citizen's investigation into the future of American health care. Using undercover footage, court testimony, verité scenes shot over several years and interviews with people on all sides of the story, the film goes deep inside a flawed healthcare system. Part medical mystery and legal thriller, part investigative journey and meditation on family, this personal story is a cautionary tale.