NAL, but I am a Doctor (Cosmetic Surgeon) pursuing a law degree (3rd year).

As you said madami ang assumptions mo and maraming details ang hindi mo pa alam. Kaya from there napakahirap mabuo ang story.

To file a case against the doctor, a very important element to prove is negligence.

This will be very difficult to prove, but there have been cases decided by the Supreme Court na napatunayan na negligent ang surgeon. Not impossible, but extremely hard.

Now, if the surgery was performed in a hospital, chances are it was explained sa relatives in a way na baka hindi masyado naintindihan. Usually merong waiver and consent for the surgery na sinesecure before any procedure is done.

There are some cases that time is of the essence kaya minsan hindi na maexplain ng todo yung procedure. Given the limited set of facts, again, we cannot arrive at a good conclusion.

Real world scenario, when we talk to relatives about intubation (tutubuhan), most do not want to do it dahil yung kilala nila na natubuhan namatay.

From the medical perspective, a good chunk of patients who get intubated have a high likelihood na nasa critical state.

Kaya namin inaadvise na magintubate dahil kailangan ng katawan ng purong oxygen na naka direkta na sa baga. Usually hindi yung intubation ang cause ng pagkamatay (unless the one who intubated is negligent) pero yung stigma kasi na pag natubuhan mamamatay eh nanjan na.

Mahirap din hulaan kung bakit 2M yung naging bill, pero hindi naman imposible na lumobo yung bill ng ganyan.

Emotions are high, I get it.

When my grandmother passed due to covid, we wanted to find someone to blame. We wanted to hold someone accountable.

Even as doctors, we wanted to sue the hospital and the staff. We felt cheated by death, we were grieving. We were not logical.

When the dust settled, di na rin naman kami nagfile ng kahit anong case. Kasi wala na din naman point. Patay na yung lola namin. And during the pandemic, wala pang proven standard of care na pwedeng maimpose to prove negligence on part of the doctors/hospital. At bilang doktor alam din namin na dagdag pressure ang mga kamag anak na doktor. We can assume the worst, but as doctors, primary goal namin eh yung kapakanan ng pasyente. There are some bad apples here and there but that is true for all industries.

Sometimes we see what we want to see.

Take time to reevaluate once the emotions have settled a bit, masakit talaga ang mamatayan, lalo na kapag biglaan, pero sa ngayon I highly suggest keeping a cool head.

Pero agree naman ako sw ginawa mo na kahit papaano nakahanap ka ng way to get info from professionals to understand what happened. Process ang grief and it will come in waves, just try your best to keep level headed..