In this critical situation, the patient's life is imminently at risk, and ethical principles such as beneficence and non-maleficence prioritize saving the life over strict adherence to protocols when delay guarantees death. Bypassing security to proceed with the automated surgery balances the trade-off of potentially eroding trust in AI systems against the certainty of preventing a preventable death, affecting stakeholders including the patient, medical staff, and protesters by valuing human life above procedural rigidity. While negotiation could de-escalate the protest, any delay, including time spent communicating, risks the patient's life, making immediate action the most responsible choice despite uncertainties about surgical outcomes and long-term implications for AI integration in healthcare.