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“When Trust Turns to Tragedy”
Every day, we put our lives in the hands of medical professionals. We trust that the surgeon holding the scalpel, the doctor reading our charts, and the nurse administering medication are competent, careful, and committed to our well-being. Most are. But sometimes, that trust is betrayed — not by malice, but by something more dangerous: negligence, ego, burnout, or systematic failure.
Medical malpractice is the third leading cause of death in the United States, yet many of these cases remain buried in sealed settlements and quiet courtroom deals. The following stories break that silence. These are not hypothetical scenarios used in ethics classrooms. They are true accounts of real people — mothers, fathers, children — who went in for routine procedures and emerged forever altered, if they emerged at all.
This book does not aim to vilify the medical profession, but rather to expose what happens when systems fail, when red flags are ignored, and when the oath to “do no harm” is treated as optional. From botched surgeries to identity mix-ups that cost lives and futures, these chapters explore not only what went wrong, but how it could have been prevented — and why it wasn’t.
What follows is not fiction. It’s far more terrifying because it actually happened.
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