Doctors in overcrowded London hospitals say they have to choose who gets life-saving critical care as a new, highly contagious form of the coronavirus ravages the UK.
Unfortunately, some hospitals are now forced to follow suit. . . emergency triage of all patients in need of critical care, ”said Dr. Katharina Hauck of Imperial College London at the Daily Mail.
“By applying this counseling effectively, patients under 65 who are not frail are given priority over older and frail patients for intensive care. Vulnerable patients would be cared for in general wards with less intensive care. “
More than 7,000 patients are currently in hospital in London, according to The Sun. The number of people on fans has nearly doubled since Christmas.
The rise is fueled by a new variant of coronavirus that emerged in the UK in September and is believed to be 70 percent more transmissible than previous strains of the disease.