Jesus that's a terrible story. That's almost my entire life. Sounds like the anaesthetist was trying to hold the fort. What a horrendous thing to live with knowing you've done that to someone.
Thing is....my curiosity and specism are saying did they keep him do long due to the error? In the hope the anaesthetist isnt liable to be sued? Coincidentally; I helped a mate build an extension on an anaesthetist's house about 8 years ago and he was going through an enquiry for something. He looked disheveled