Beth Israel Admits Mistakes

In a rare admission, the Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center's chief of obstetrics is publicly disclosing mistakes that led to the death of a newborn five years ago.

An article in today's Journal of the American Medical Association describes a series of errors the hospital made, including the failure to perform a caesarean-section early enough.

Dr. Benjamin Sachs, head of obstetrics and gynecology at Beth Israel, joins us to discuss the article and why it was written.