Today was a sad day . . . the youngest brother of the greatest man I know (more on that in another post) died on Tuesday night . . . he had colon cancer and was only 66 years old. Unfortunately, his cancer was not what got him but rather the so called ‘complications’ from the initial surgey. The translation = Some idiot doctor that is supposedly one of the best rated in Ontario for the kind of surgery Anotnio had decided to NOT put in a colonoscopy bag after the laser surgery . . . as a result, he developed a serious infection that snowballed into a chain of other complications . . . 4 other surgeries . . . ahhhh, I suppose the sense of outrage or vengeance against this so called doctor will pass. Its just frustrating that the doctor gets to continue life and work as if nothing happened. No review, no commentary in an HR file, no censure from the college, no warning for anyone else to follow, the doctor gets to just shrug his shoulder like its another day at the office and say it was ‘human error’ and Antonio gets to pay for it with his life. There are some things in life, whether by accident or human error, that you still pay consequences. Not that I am saying he should lose his license or anything but I think that if any of us conduct such a grievous error in our professional lives, we would be at risk of losing our jobs at a minimum . . . why should the doctor get paid for Antonio’s surgery when he showed such bad judgment in his decisions???
We should all feel ashamed that we sit idly by with our apathy in full force to allow these kinds of things to happen without censure!
I was at the funeral home on Thursday night . . . Antonio’s friends and family were out in full force . . . I am sure Antonio was looking down with watery eyes with deep gratitude at the appreciation of his life that was exhibited by the line up to get in that flowed down the stairs at one point.
For the record … He never drank or smoked … it is such a shame, he was such a good person – its not fair!
RIP Antonio – you are missed.
