Medical errors are an unavoidable and a bitter reality in a healthcare organization. Despite a well-developed error analysis system and vigorous efforts of the hospital leadership, unit management and healthcare professionals (HCP), medical errors still exist in the clinical setting with different intensities on the patient outcome. Some of the errors are reported timely by the HCP whereas few of the clinical errors remain concealed. The most challenging situation in the form of an ethical dilemma arises when the error needs to be disclosed to the patient and the family. Keeping in view the ethical principles of patient's autonomy, justice, beneficence, non-maleficence and veracity, healthcare providers are accountable for timely reporting of the errors along with a competent disclosure to the family. The commentary article will discuss the case scenario and analyze the notion of disclosing medical errors to the patient and family in the light of the theory of virtue ethics. The inbuilt personality traits of HCP enable them to uphold the integrity of moral principles and perform righteous action with virtuous intentions. The article will also discuss some of the essential characteristics of a virtuous person that nurtures with experience, wisdom, maturity and moral judgment. Concealing medical error for the benefit of protection from repercussions will end up in compromising patient safety in an organization. Hence, there is a need to formulate certain strategies on an individual, organizational and governmental level to determine a practical approach for dealing with this ethical dilemma, preserving the essence of virtue ethics in patient care.