Not a medical worker, but my grandfather died when my dad was 16. 

My grandfather suffered from chronic back pain. When he went into the VA hospital, he told my grandmother in front of my father that “when I don’t come out, get Juney (my dads childhood nickname) that dirt bike he wanted.” Everyone was super confused, because he was going in for what the doctor said was a simple back surgery.

After complications related to the surgery, he died less than a week later in the VA hospital.