Unexpected!

All of us at work were really shocked to learn that one of our patients, XX, collapsed and died the morning after XX's hospital discharge.

XX has been in the hospital for nearly one month. XX was diagnosed with multiple PEs. We had organised various investigations to find a cause for her multiple PEs, as she was very young. All investigations were negative. As XX was clinically better, we discharged her, with follow up arrangements.

Who would have expected XX to die the next day?

No one.

Maybe it was purely coincidental. Maybe XX was going to collapse the next day, and it could have happened in the hospital, where we could all jump on her chest and start resuscitation. But somehow, one could not help but wonder whether we have all missed something, or under-investigated her.

RIP.