The report revealed that only 18 percent of patients, or less than one in five people, were admitted to King’s intensive care unit. Even worse, a total of 61 percent of COVID-19 patients admitted to King’s had treatment limitations placed on them.
This meant that over half of patients admitted to hospital for COVID-19 did not have access to potentially life-saving treatments.
Experts are concerned that COVID-19 patients – in particular, the elderly and high-risk populations – were forced to agree with do-not-resuscitate orders. If a do-not-resuscitate order is in place, healthcare providers will not perform cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) if a patient’s heart stops beating or his breathing stops. Unlike in the U.S., where doctors make do-not-resuscitate orders after consulting with their patients, clinicians in the U.K. can sign the do-not-resuscitate order without needing to consult with the patient....<<<Read The Full Article Here>>>...
