YOU SAID:
The patient had died before the doctor came
INTO JAPANESE
医師が来る前に患者が死亡していた
BACK INTO ENGLISH
Patient dies before the doctor is coming
INTO JAPANESE
- ドクターは死にました。
BACK INTO ENGLISH
The doctor is dead.
INTO JAPANESE
- ドクターは死にました。
BACK INTO ENGLISH
The doctor is dead.
That didn't even make that much sense in English.