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Re:Sponges, drill bits and wires: Surgeons mistakenly left o... by eastbound on Saturday April 19, 2025 @04:46AM (#43735115)
> One major reason might be the far larger diversity of possible situations in medicine

Yes but the major is the number of deaths. An incompetent surgeon can kill at most one person at a time. Besides, variance in surgery is much higher than in aviation.

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Re:Sponges, drill bits and wires: Surgeons mistakenly left o... by D-Coder on Saturday April 19, 2025 @01:03PM (#43737683)
Also, if the pilot screws up, he can die too. Surgical screwups are not going to kill the surgeon.
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