blind freddie could see the dynamics that lead to this one.
quiet country hospital
big fat nurse who ran ICU , probably empty 6 days out of 7 so she could do lots of needlework and knitting
everything more serious than an appendix shipped to brisbane
new gung ho cowboy of a doc.
suddenly big fat nurse is run off her feet,
patel was a bit off the end of the "cowboy" scale but still not a murderer.
typical doctor/nurse fight ensues

i knew it was a beat up when they charged him with manslaughter of a bloke with cancer of the esophagus.
now , you'd be flat out getting a surgeon in brisbane to tackle that baby.
split the chest, hold the heart and lungs out of the way whilst you resect a lesion in a field of spewing blood vessels.
it was actually a tribute to patel that the bloke didnt die on the table.
most brisbane docs would just send you for a few sessions of radiotherapy as a token gesture.
when you asked for your 6 month appointment to come back to outpatients, the booking nurse would look at you blankly and say
"you wont be needing that"
2 year survival of less than 1 in 20, a bit rough to try and convict him of murder for at least "having a go"