ItWillNeverWork
Messy Crimbobs, fellow humans.
I wouldn't say "most reprehensible", but there are certainly some ethical concerns about a doctor, effectively, deceiving a patient, no matter how justified or idiotically foolish that patient might have been.
Not only deceiving patients but also taking bribes. The deception only came into it because the 'doctors' were frightened of getting caught injecting water. So I guess cowardliness can be added to dishonesty and greed.
So we have stupidity on one side and cowardly, moneygrubbing dishonesty on the other. No good guys in this scenario.