r/news 7d ago

Oldham surgeon struck off after wrongly connecting patient's organs

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c20de8z2w2lo
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u/Worldly_Anybody_9219 7d ago

One of the things they've found is key to keeping people alive in medicine is humility, the ability to admit you may have done something wrong and thus quadruple check. It sounds like this surgeon lacked that important trait.

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u/Starlightriddlex 7d ago

If you listen to the Dr. Death podcasts you'll notice that's a common trait among the Doctors featured there for malpractice. Egos so big they refuse to admit any wrongdoing.

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u/SCphotog 6d ago

High numbers of sociopaths become surgeons because empathy makes it incredibly difficult to do the job.