Italians over 80 'will be left to die'!
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The article above really gets to the heart of the problem... even if the serious cases range about 1% that is enough to send the medical care into a situation where it will not be able to care for all the patients.
Seasonal flu is 0.1% and those who become seriously ill from it strain the health care system.
Then is not only the people who have the this corona virus that is the issue but when a system is strained what about all the heart aches and strokes, etc., etc., it will cause collateral damage as well.
This is why we need to be vigilant... because no health care system in the world is set up to deal with this, China locked down entire city with 50 cases.
Seasonal flu is 0.1% and those who become seriously ill from it strain the health care system.
Then is not only the people who have the this corona virus that is the issue but when a system is strained what about all the heart aches and strokes, etc., etc., it will cause collateral damage as well.
This is why we need to be vigilant... because no health care system in the world is set up to deal with this, China locked down entire city with 50 cases.
Italians over 80 'will be left to die' as country overwhelmed by coronavirus
Hardest-hit region drafts new proposals saying who will live and who will die
By
Erica Di Blasi
TURIN
14 March 2020 • 4:38pm
Coronavirus victims in Italy will be denied access to intensive care if they are aged 80 or more or in poor health should pressure on beds increase, a document prepared by a crisis management unit in Turin proposes.
Some patients denied intensive care will in effect be left to die, doctors fear.
The unit has drawn up a protocol, seen by The Telegraph, that will determine which patients receive treatment in intensive care and which do not if there are insufficient spaces. Intensive care capacity is running short in Italy as the coronavirus continues to spread.
The document, produced by the civil protection department of the Piedmont region, one of those hardest hit, says: "The criteria for access to intensive therapy in cases of emergency must include age of less than 80 or a score on the Charlson comorbidity Index [which indicates how many other medical conditions the patient has] of less than 5."
The ability of the patient to recover from resuscitation will also be considered.
One doctor said: "[Who lives and who dies] is decided by age and by the [patient's] health conditions. This is how it is in a war."
~https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/20...ill-left-die-country-overwhelmed-coronavirus/
Hardest-hit region drafts new proposals saying who will live and who will die
By
Erica Di Blasi
TURIN
14 March 2020 • 4:38pm
Coronavirus victims in Italy will be denied access to intensive care if they are aged 80 or more or in poor health should pressure on beds increase, a document prepared by a crisis management unit in Turin proposes.
Some patients denied intensive care will in effect be left to die, doctors fear.
The unit has drawn up a protocol, seen by The Telegraph, that will determine which patients receive treatment in intensive care and which do not if there are insufficient spaces. Intensive care capacity is running short in Italy as the coronavirus continues to spread.
The document, produced by the civil protection department of the Piedmont region, one of those hardest hit, says: "The criteria for access to intensive therapy in cases of emergency must include age of less than 80 or a score on the Charlson comorbidity Index [which indicates how many other medical conditions the patient has] of less than 5."
The ability of the patient to recover from resuscitation will also be considered.
One doctor said: "[Who lives and who dies] is decided by age and by the [patient's] health conditions. This is how it is in a war."
~https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/20...ill-left-die-country-overwhelmed-coronavirus/
Hmm there is a blood shortage because not enough people going to give blood, so the people going through surgeries might not be able to get blood causing another issue.
the blood bank has set up beds six feet apart to make people feel comfortable, even in a crisis somethings are still needed. take a chance and save a life go give blood someone else needs that also.
the blood bank has set up beds six feet apart to make people feel comfortable, even in a crisis somethings are still needed. take a chance and save a life go give blood someone else needs that also.
