The phrase 'treat the head when the head aches, treat the foot when the foot hurts' was originally used in ancient times to ridicule incompetent doctors, but in modern times, it has instead been upheld by some in the medical field as a golden rule.
If your heart has issues, then we operate on the heart, triggering a cascading failure and death of other organs, which is unavoidable—after all, it's for your own good.
The operation was successful, yet the patient died, a trope that has become stark reality.
A parent's claim of doing it for your good can strip a child of their entire life, completely ignoring the heart-wrenching cries hidden within their bones.
Many times, the problem's location is just a surface symptom. If a blockage in the eighth-floor drainage causes issues with the tenth-floor toilet, tearing down the tenth floor would surely not solve the problem faced.
