I mean, yeah, sure, I entirely agree with the hospital that Dr. Lin shouldn't have gotten frustrated with an elderly patient in her 70s who was arguing with him over whether she needed a refill of her skin cream, and most definitely should not have grabbed her wrist and slapped it. That's totally inappropriate.
But I also entirely agree with the Court of Appeal that this one isolated incident doesn't permit the hospital to immediately revoke the doctor's credentials and ability to practice at that hospital, without a hearing, on the ground that the doctor's conduct "may result in an imminent danger to the health of any individual." No way it satisfies that standard.
Inappropriate? Yes. Completely. Imminent danger? Not even close.
I don't care that the Board of Directors of the hospital thought otherwise. It's just not true.
