At the end of the study 119 patients had died.

Five patients died in each group over the three years.

During the research period from 1993 to 2009, 211 patients died.

Three days later, two more patients died on the same day.

Between 1851 and 1950 over 3,000 patients died at the hospital.

Even then, half the patients will die within a few years.

Patients will die without early treatment, some within 36 hours.

When patients die, what exactly killed them may not be clear.

A decision made after the patient had died would have little value.

As her father says, the treatment worked, but the patient died.