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Doctors’ ethical dilemma: Save the young or seniors?
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But some doctors look at the treatment path. The only criteria between an old and a young patient would be who is the sicker of the two, said Dr Smitha Thimmaiah, medical superintendent, Sparsh Hospital, Mysore Road.
PTI
Besides age, the patient’s class matters as hospitals get multiple calls if s/he is from an influential background.
(This story originally appeared in
on May 11, 2021)With an increasing demand for ICU beds and ventilators, clinicians are facing an ethical dilemma over allotment of beds: Young breadwinners or senior citizens? The focus is certainly more on saving the youngsters, multiple hospital authorities told TOI on the condition of anonymity. ....

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