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IMPOSSIBLE CHOICE
Doctors fear being sued for unlawful killing over choosing who will receive Covid treatment as NHS overwhelmed by bug
Updated: 16 Jan 2021, 14:07
DOCTORS fear being sued for unlawful killing if they are forced to chose which Covid patients will receive treatment as the NHS faces being overwhelmed by the deadly bug.
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There is now a shortage of ICU beds with concerns doctors will have to decide which patients will receive access to ventilation as they fight the bug.
And leading healthcare groups have now warned doctors are concerned they face prosecution if they make the life or death decision.
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Intensive care units across the NHS are already overwhelmed by Covid patients (AFP via Getty)
Doctors across the NHS face an “immediate reality” of having to choose which patients are prioritised for care as the numbers of coronavirus cases continue to surge across the country.
At one hospital trust, medics have been told they may have to accept a “just good enough” standard of care for patients in coming weeks, while the medical regulator has said it recognised difficult decisions were being made “day after day, shift after shift” across the country.
The situation facing many hospitals has prompted renewed calls for national advice to clinicians on how they should approach the so-called rationing of care – where treatment choices are balanced against the resources available and the needs of other patients.