Comment by Dove

One particularly aggravating manifestation of the medical industry's inability to be wrong is its tendency to blame patients. It is famous for doing so in the area of obesity. But one rather entertaining incident happened to me: I was in the hospital under observation and (for medical reasons) fasting. They had me on IV saline which, apart from the medication I was getting, was all I took in. After a day or so, I was informed I had developed a potassium deficiency, and given a supplement with the air of someone who needed to fix a bad diet.

My potassium had been just fine when I came into the hospital. At this point, I stood up and read the content of the saline bag, considered how many times I'd seen it changed, did a little noodling about sodium potassium balance, and dramatically downgraded my opinion of the experts in charge of my care.