Dead... Alive... Dead

Another delightful story about how the police can't seem to do anything right:

"A man whose death was incorrectly reported by police in Northamptonshire has now died in hospital.

Simon Middleton, 38, of Irthlingborough, was injured in an incident at a birthday party at the Band Club in the town on Saturday.

He was taken to Kettering General Hospital following the incident.

Police reported on Monday morning he had died from his injuries, but later apologised and said they acted in good faith. But he died later on Monday.

A post-mortem examination will be held into Mr Middleton's death. Two men, arrested in connection with the incident, have been released on bail."

So this man's family has, presumably, had to deal with the awfulness of him dying, the hope from him still being alive, and the awfulness of him dying again. But the thing that worries me the most is the police's insistence that they 'acted in good faith'. Just what exactly does that mean? Surely it doesn't mean they were given incorrect information by a hospital or a doctor, because then they would just say they were given incorrect information. To me, 'acted in good' faith sounds suspiciously like 'had a guess, but we 'ain't doctors'.

Dead... Alive... Dead