4 ms·
That's because Italy's hospitals are overcrowded and very old patients are simply not treated at all. It's a vicious circle because they're thought being less l
by Grue3 7y ago
That's because Italy's hospitals are overcrowded and very old patients are simply not treated at all. It's a vicious circle because they're thought being less likely to survive, are denied treatment, which makes them even less likely to survive.
- deleted 7y ago[deleted]
- ramblerman 7y agoTriage is unfortunately applied in some hospitals, especially around Bergamo. But you would need to provide some data to make the claim that the stats are skewed this much purely because all elderly are just cast away. Given the vast majority of hospital cases are actually the elderly. Finally, proper ethical triage never looks at how long a patient is expected to live after their recovery as a condition.
- bart_spoon 7y ago> Finally, proper ethical triage never looks at how long a patient is expected to live after their recovery as a condition. But it does look at chances of survival, which for this particular disease looks very closely correlated with how long a patient is expected to live after their recovery.