The grateful patients of Arles

The papers seemed to be full of the misdemeanours of doctors. A diagnosis had been missed here. An operation had gone wrong there. Some unfortunate old person had lain for hours on a trolley, waiting for admission to a ward. Another had been transferred to a hospital remote from home because no nearer bed was available. On television an angry woman raged against the arrogance of surgeons. Patients or their relatives …