Surgical mishap creates a moral debt?

[Oh_hunnihunni]

Oh tell me about it. I have a twice fused ankle and a foreshortened leg courtesy of a surgeon who never bothered to tell me he had never done a fusion before, arrogant bastard. ACC covered his shame by fighting my misadventure claim, but kind of undermined that position by paying for a revision in a private hospital with the surgeon of my choice. It is a nasty procedure, no one wants to go through that twice, but being able to walk even short distances is kind of important. At least it didn't kill me.

And it was a good lesson in accepting that not all highly paid experts are perfect. Some of them make mistakes. I guess that makes them as human as the rest of us...

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I was talking to a man the other day whose brother in-law had a heart valve transplant at Bowen Hospital in Wellington. The valve was too small and had to be replaced. Then complications and a transfer to Wellington Hospital where he died.
Bowen was now chasing his sister for another $7,000 !!!

I hope she tells them to send the bill to ACC...