Document sets out ways care may have to be rationed if NHS becomes overwhelmed
Coronavirus patients with a poor prognosis could be taken off a ventilator even if they are stable or improving, to make it available for someone else deemed more likely to survive, under guidelines drawn up by UK doctors.
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