I feel guilty about leaving the man lying in the hospital car park

Motives for helping or not helping can sometimes be far from noble

Wed, Oct 4, 2017, 07:00

Padraig O'Morain

Sometimes helping someone, or not, says more about you than about them. Photograph: Getty Images

Sometimes helping someone, or not, says more about you than about them. Photograph: Getty Images

Evening walks bring me through hospital grounds – a lively place with patients standing about in dressing gowns, smoking.

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