The new type of coronavirus (COVID-19) epidemic that brings life to a halt worldwide is also testing the health system of countries.
Throughout this process, some countries succeeded, while others began to choose patients due to the insufficient health system.
According to the news of Aftonbladet newspaper, the patient started to be selected for intensive care in Sweden.
It is claimed that Karolinska University Hospital, known for its research studies in Sweden, instructed doctors not to take coronavirus patients over 80 years of age into intensive care.
In the document published by the hospital, it was also claimed that the patients who are over 60 years old and who have chronic illnesses are not given priority to intensive care.
As a result of the reflection of this incident on the press, there was a lot of reaction to the hospital, and a statement came from the hospital administration, which was at the center of the events. Management said, “Medical priority is always based on the patient’s expectation to cope with intensive care and to recover.
If the patient’s expectation of recovery is not high, intensive care treatment is not used. ”
The number of people caught in coronavirus in Sweden has reached 9,141. In this process, 793 people died.
Source: SO
