More than seven million people across the globe suffer from preventable surgical injuries every year a million of them even dying during or immediately after the surgery,a WHO study has said.
The UN body has for the first time quantified the number of surgeries taking place every year globally -234 million.It said surgeries had become common with one in every 25 people undergoing it at any given time.
In the study- An Estimation of the Global Volume of Surgery -published in the The Lancer journal ,WHO said that safety of patients during surgery had emerged as a substantial public health concern.
China conducted the highest number of surgeries followed by Russia and India. In developing countries the death rate was nearly 10% for a major surgery.Mortality from general anaesthesia affected one in 150 patients while Infections were reported in 3%of surgeries with the mortality rate being .5%.Nearly 50% of the adverse effects of surgery were preventable.