>> In less overwhelming times, the medical best practice is once someone is in hospital, prescribe the statistically best treatment even if it costs 100 times a

>> In less overwhelming times, the medical best practice is once someone is in hospital, prescribe the statistically best treatment even if it costs 100 times as much in resources and manpower. And the way this "statistically best treatment" is calculated doesn't take into account complications from the treatment! Examples: complications from financial stress to cover the costs of the treatment, side-effects of the therapy unrelated to the original condition, infections with drug-resistant strains of hospital bacteria.