No wonder that you are depressed. You need to laugh at a good joke. But two years ago the poor fellow took a fall from a horse which crushed a vertebra in his neck and made him into a patient who experienced horrible care from his fellow physicians. There you have it. The joke made reality.
Doctor becomes patient becomes patient advocate.
Fortunately, Dr. Ellwood has recovered from his injury and yes, he should be congratulated for having the courage to speak honestly about a system which is rotting from the inside out. But his is only one voice. Today, being sick is no joke. Yes, we live in a period of tremendous medical and scientific breakthroughs and we are lucky for that. But our society will not be judged solely by its medical advances.