• You know, 97 percent of the time, if you come into a hospital, everything goes well. But three percent of the time, we have major complications.

    Atul Gawande: You know, 97 percent of the time, if you come into a hospital, everything goes well. But three percent of the time, we have major complications.
    "Atul Gawande on Medicine's Promise and Limits". "Day to Day" with Madeleine Brand, www.npr.org. May 2, 2007.