Indeed, they did knock my mother out and drag me out with forceps.
My grandmother a”h fell at home but never made it to rehab because she developed an infection in the hospital from a bedsore so big it exposed her tailbone. Every time we said we wanted to talk to a specific doctor, she got very agitated and said, no, no, I don’t want to cause any trouble. An aunt who has worked in a nursing home for decades said, “once (bedsores) get that big, they don’t recover” and she was right. My grandmother died there because of neglect (and possibly abuse at the hands of one doctor). I lived hundreds of miles away at the time and was crushed that family kept most of this from me until the end.
My son was in the NICU for days because of my OB’s physical abuse during the c-section. Years later, my son has developmental issues, and of course I can’t prove that the OB caused them, but I’ll never know for sure that he didn’t, either.
Health, I don’t hold you personally responsible for these things and I don’t think you should feel responsible for defending the whole health care profession. Iy”H you will be a fine (whatever it is you’re studying for). It can be said that there are irresponsible patients and incompetent health care providers, but they are not the majority by any stretch and we’d like to think that they do the best they can with the information they have. Each patient is different with fears that influence the decisions that they make. The health care provider’s challenge is to learn their profession cold but then be able to apply their knowledge to each patient’s different situation. I doubt I’m saying anything you don’t know, but maybe someone else will read this and gain from it.