An oath that all doctors have to swear by should have saved Khairul Anuar Salim's life.
"in every house where I come I will enter only for the good of my patients, keeping myself far from all intentional ill-doing ..."
via Wikipedia.org.
Completely shocking how a private hospital full of doctors allowed a boy to die at their doorstep, but this is a price the society has paid for the benefits it has reaped from capitalism and the free market. But this death was completely avoidable through more ways than one.
The uncle, after unsuccessfully attempting to convince the hospital to admit Khairul, drove all the way back to TTDI from Cheras, picked up the grandmother and drove back to the hospital. This took the better part of an hour, during which period, Khairul's condition worsened; it is likely he was bleeding profusely. An hour of uncontained bleeding in this manner could have sent his body into shock, before ultimately killing him.
Simple question: why not just drive Khairul to UKM Hospital, also in Cheras, and have him treated there? Its not a private hospital, and there is no way they would have turned him away.
By wasting time, by not thinking clearly, based on the available reports of what happened, the uncle is also partially liable for the boy's death. A poor decision helped kill his nephew.
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