CORONAVIRUS patients could have their treatment withdrawn in favour of saving those more likely to survive with doctors warned they may have to ration life-saving equipment, according to new medical guidance.
Doctors have been warned they will have to start making difficult decisions and decide which patients will be given life-saving resources, such as ventilators. In a document issued by the British Medical Association , health professionals were advised they could be forced to ration care if the NHS becomes overwhelmed with patients during then
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