Originally Posted by
TravellingChris
Who else should they have talked to?
For a news story about a bad outcome? I guess nobody.
Although I would like to know how they found these five doctors to comment. Are they in their stable of doctors who are willing to comment about things they weren't involved with? Did they cold call 7 doctors and get five to comment? Did they cold call 200 doctors and 195 of them told the reported to pound sand?
For a larger investigation? I would like to know much more about how the decision is made, what factors are considered, how often these decisions have to be made, what are the realistic prospects for various outcomes, etc. Is there a procedure for a passenger who is still alive but has almost no prospect of survival? Do the procedures need to be improved? How many people might die on a plane in a given week around the world? Lots of interesting questions.
Are we only hearing about the one involving an airline with the word "Canada" in it leaving from a country with which the country "Canada" itself is in a major diplomatic kerfuffle at the moment, or are we hearing about a situation that really was handled very poorly?
Also let's please not pretend this was a medical drama on television where they decide to divert just before the last commercial break, after commercial the plane lands (in what feels like seconds later), EMT are on the plane before it even stops, cut to the scene where the guy's surrounded by dozens of doctors and nurses in the hospital, and finally fade to the scene where the guy is sitting up in bed fully recovered surrounded by his family, including a kid holding a balloon, a doctor, a nurse, and the two pilots (in uniform) who decided to divert.