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A medical resident, cutting corners to secure her permanent position, made a reckless call during surgery and aborted the procedure. It cost the patient's life right there on the table. Afterward, she stood crying behind the head of the department, sobbing, "I'm sorry... It was an accident. I never meant for this to happen." I stared her down, voice shaking with fury. "You think 'sorry' fixes anything? Who pays for the life you ended?" She started threatening to kill herself, as if that would make it right. And the other doctors acted like I was the one being too harsh. The hospital, eager to quiet the family's outrage, offered me up as the scapegoat. They pinned the whole thing on me. Not long after, a family member, blinded by rage and grief, forced his way into my office with a knife. The next thing I knew—I was back. Right at the beginning of the surgery.