Statewide Poll Shows 70 to 77 Percent Oppose Complete Immunity in the ER
Public Overwhelmingly Rejects Key Parts of NC's Senate Bill 33
RALEIGH, N.C., Feb. 24, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- The North Carolina Advocates for Justice today released results of a recent statewide poll of 600 registered voters by Hart Research Associates, a nationally respected polling firm, showing 70 to 77 percent of voters oppose immunity for doctors and hospitals in the ER.
There is also a proposal in the state legislature to give doctors who provide emergency services complete immunity when they make a medical mistake that injures a patient. This means ER doctors and some other doctors could not be sued for malpractice in emergency cases. Do you favor or oppose this proposal?
- Total Favor - 30%
- Total Oppose - 70%
There is also a proposal in the state legislature to give hospitals that provide emergency services complete immunity when they make a medical mistake that injures a patient. This means the hospital could not be sued for malpractice in emergency cases. Do you favor or oppose this proposal?
- Total Favor - 23%
- Total Oppose - 77%
Today at 10:00am, Senate Judiciary I will debate and likely vote on amendments to Senate Bill 33 to stop the push for total immunity in the ER and take out unconstitutional caps on damages in cases of disfigurement, mutilation, loss of limb, paralysis, or death.
For more information, visit www.LetJuriesDecide.com and call Dick Taylor or Todd Barlow at (919) 832-1413.
SOURCE NC Advocates for Justice
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