I referred to the letter by Jeffrey ( Hypocritical oaths of private hospitals ).

Whilst the death of Khairul Anuar is most unfortunate, do bear in mind that the biggest perpetrator is the thug who stabbed him to death. The subsequent 'allegation' that the private hospital and its crew of healthcare personnel refused to treat the deceased, remain as such, an allegation.

I find it deplorable that such an allegation can be made in the first place since I personally know of no doctor who would refuse to attend to a trauma patient in a well-equipped hospital. If there is such a doctor, I'd like the Malaysian Medical Council to look into this and de-register him/her.

Having said that, I'm more inclined to believe that the story is not complete. It could well be the patient was well beyond salvation by the time he was brought to the hospital, since for an 18-year-old youth to die of hypovolaemia within a few hours, in a hospital, it must have been a catastrophic injury.

The issue about deposit, I believe, was just a smokescreen or even a reflex denial in such a tragedy. Everybody carries a credit card nowadays and they are the DPM's family friend, I find that part hard to swallow.

On another note, please speak of the hospital and its doctors as separate entities because they are. The hospital's policies might have been drawn up by its accountant and the doctors have negligible say in them.

About Jeffrey's concern regarding money-minded doctors who would treat those beyond their level of expertise, I'm sure there are black sheep in any profession but treating cardiovascular complications/heart attack during surgeries are neither the area for cardiologists nor cardiac surgeons.

There is another group of specialised doctors looking after patients during surgery. They are called anaesthesiologists.