Hippocratic Oath (Hypocritical Oaf)

My mother was killed by a surgeon!

Hippocratic Oath (Hypocritical Oaf)

He butchered you!

yet he was spared

the mass grave

of delinquent doctors

as white coated ghosts

hid his piteous hide

in a shroud of black deceit.

Inky words upon poisoned parchment,

an excuse for a trial

that never happened;

justice denied.

A peer review

that screamed

“There but for the grace of God!”

And in that grace you now lie

mother,

another collateral damaged corpse

buried by his dark incompetence.

 

06/05/13

Reviews

[Junert]

The incompetence of certain doctors, it's such a sad thing.

[John Alexander McFadyen]

Certainly is Junert. We put our lives and the lives of loved ones in their hands.

[Junert]

Yes and many die as a result.

[Frieda P]

Wow John, sorry....amazingly potent read here. I have my own story, I feel this one in my bones. This one punches you upside the head.

[John Alexander McFadyen]

Given I fought for at least a credible inquiry for eighteen months and failed I feel this even a decade later. I talk to so many people who have had bad experiences of medical practice one wonders what this profession is about.

[Frieda P]

A privileged lot who hide behind the code of white and don't have to own up to their mistakes.

[Marc Marlon Villaflor]

Great write with dark tone, though honestly :) I have difficulty decoding the story. :)

[John Alexander McFadyen]

Thanks Marc. My mother died following the incompetence of the medical staff looking after her.
read moreThanks Marc. My mother died following the incompetence of the medical staff looking after her.

[Marc Marlon Villaflor]

Oh sorry Mr. John, condolence to your Family.

[John Alexander McFadyen]

Thanks Marc. It was years ago but it still feels sad that a doctor can do what he wishes and his colleagues cover his back!

[Marc Marlon Villaflor]

Yeah it is sad Mr. John it also happened in my nephew he was disabled because of medical malpractice. Bad things really happened.