Not any of our business unless the same surgeon is going to operate on you.
So, then publish the specifics without naming Mr. Rooney as the victim. My mother is 98 and has survived surgery within the past year. My husband is 74 and has undergone brain tumor surgery within the last year and is flourishing afterward (non-malignent tumor). Both of them are blessed and very lucky. However, we also know people in the 60-80 year range who went into the hospital for non-threatening surgery within the last year and who never came out on their own two feet. One that I remember was from knee surgery (don’t we all know half a dozen people who have survived that) and one was from cataract surgery — not usually life threatening. i also know a few who got MRSA from a hospital near here that tries to keep its statistics secret. Shhhhhhh.