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I know people who died from medical neglect in fear of systemic overload. Got sent out of the not-at-capacity ER early without concern for what the patient was

I know people who died from medical neglect in fear of systemic overload. Got sent out of the not-at-capacity ER early without concern for what the patient was feeling because of the fear of needing a bed. Died at her home. Triage is a lost concept. Edit: their death was not COVID related, nor did they have COVID

pydry 5y ago
This happened in the UK on a mass scale. Elderly patients were returned to care homes en masse to make space for expected COVID patients. As a result COVID tore through care homes, giving the UK one of the highest death rates.