Heavy price for honesty

The young man put a rope dangling from a pole around his neck and threatened to hang himself. After two hours of negotiations, he gave up his insane idea and was taken to hospital.
It was later discovered that the young man was a former emergency technician who once claimed second place in a contest for new inventions in Korea. He had created an ambulance device.
He had discovered that the hospital where he was working was giving patients expired medicines.
He informed the management about this and instead of being rewarded, he was fired two days later and an Asian technician appointed in his place.
The young man told Al-Yaum newspaper that he was married and had six children. He said he did not expect this outcome, especially as he had been employed for many years and did not know how to sustain his family.
He said although doctors in the hospital supported him, the manager, a native of an Arab country, told him to earn his living silently and stop talking about the issue.
This story reminds me of the Arab movies where honest people are always made to pay a heavy price for their honest attitudes and candid talk.
If the man is truthful, he does not deserve this ending. He was an honest man with a conscience. He would not allow this crime to go undetected in order to satisfy his superiors.
This should be an eye opener to us so we are not swallowed by corruption. If the corrupt individual has no boundaries and is frightening others and preventing them from earning their living, keeping silent makes us their accomplices.
If we allow similar incidents to go unchecked, then we will be causing the extinction of honest men.