One of Britain's leading trauma surgeons doctor Alexander Reading hangs himself

[Meatpie]

An eminent surgeon who hanged himself was 'plagued with guilt' after an operation he carried out went wrong, colleagues said yesterday.
Alexander Reading, 45, one of Britain's leading orthopaedic and trauma surgeons, was a 'perfectionist' who blamed himself for a minor clinical error during an operation, they said.
It is believed that the patient was left in a bad state following the operation and Mr Reading 'couldn't live with what he'd done'.
The surgeon's body was found suspended in the garage of his £700,000 home in the hamlet of Grafton Flyford, Worcestershire.
It is believed his devastated wife Sarah, a former nurse, discovered him and neighbours said they heard an 'almighty scream' on Wednesday morning at around that time.


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[matthew88]

I don't know about other countries, but here in the US, you pretty much sign your life away before going to any surgery. The doctors are only human, and there is bound to be errors some time or other.

 

[deaddirty]

Yes, we all make mistakes from time to time, that's only human.
And he was trying to save life, probably really good at it. That's really sad.
Guess some of us find it hard to accept that we're Ok, even though we're not perfect.