Whenever a patient dies, the public is quite happy to criticize doctors for how careless and incompetent they have become. It's easy to be an armchair critic with hindsight vision, and the media has played a very important role in increasing the trust deficit between doctors and patients so that it's now become a huge chasm. Some TV shows were designed to project doctors in a bad light, and anytime something goes wrong with a patient, the press is happy to highlight the alleged negligence on the front page. Typically, the reporter only provides the patient's version of the story, and this is naturally very one-sided and emotionally charged.
The poor doctor and the hospital are forced to keep quiet because they're scared and are on the defensive. Often, they don't have enough facts to be able to provide a correct picture with all the medical details. Sadly, medical associations never…
