The Grisly Annals of Socialized Medicine – WSJ

All over the world, patients suffer under socialized medical systems. In the United Kingdom, a murder case highlights the fatal corruption of medical practice that occurs when doctors must bow to bureaucratic politics at the country s government-run National Health Service.

Josh Halliday reports for The Guardian:

A senior doctor has told a jury that a fear of retribution from NHS bosses was one of the reasons he did not contact police after walking in on the nurse Lucy Letby allegedly trying to murder a baby.

Letby, 34, is accused of trying to kill the two-hour-old girl by dislodging her breathing tube on the neonatal unit at the Countess of Chester hospital in north-west England.

Dr Ravi Jayaram, a consultant paediatrician, told Letby s trial on Wednesday that he felt very uncomfortable leaving the nurse alone with the infant, known as Baby K, after doctors linked her to a series of unusual incidents &

Asked& whether he received support from management when doctors raised concerns about Letby, Jayaram told the jury: We were explicitly told at that stage it was the wrong thing to contact the police because it would be bad for the reputation of the trust and there would be blue and white tape everywhere.

via www.wsj.com

James Freeman.