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Triage: Cabinet goes to prohibit in case of shortage ic-beds selection by age
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The Cabinet introduces an emergency law to prohibit hospitals from excluding patients from intensive care based on age if there is a shortage of available beds. Such a shortage is threatened if the number of casualties caused by the pandemic continues to increase. Then it will have to be selected on the basis of non-medical norms. Minister of Medical Care, Tamara van Ark, writes in a letter to the House of Representatives https://www.tweedekamer.nl/kamerstukken/brieven_regering/detail?did=2021D00394&id=2021Z00055
that lottery is preferable when such radical decisions have to be taken at the end of the day. After explaining which scenario scenarios should be used for the so-called triage, she states:
In the opinion of the Cabinet, if an elderly patient has as many recovery opportunities as a younger patient on medical grounds, should not be denied the right to life-saving care solely on the grounds of age.
The fundamental equality of people does not allow their interests to be weighed against each other in further life. Also, no special authority falls on the views of the state or of doctors about the personal value of lives. Even in a number of neighbouring countries, such as Belgium, Germany and the United Kingdom, such an age criterion is not applied.
If you find lots a good point of view or other criteria may apply to get priority:
- Interest to others in society?
- Are practitioners of crucial professions given priority?
- Do skin color and ethnic origin play a role?
- One could imagine that the composition of the patient base in the hospitals should reflect the population as a whole. Otherwise, discrimination is lurking.
- Otherwise gender will play a role.
Leave it to the doctors?
that lottery is preferable when such radical decisions have to be taken at the end of the day. After explaining which scenario scenarios should be used for the so-called triage, she states:
In the opinion of the Cabinet, if an elderly patient has as many recovery opportunities as a younger patient on medical grounds, should not be denied the right to life-saving care solely on the grounds of age.
The fundamental equality of people does not allow their interests to be weighed against each other in further life. Also, no special authority falls on the views of the state or of doctors about the personal value of lives. Even in a number of neighbouring countries, such as Belgium, Germany and the United Kingdom, such an age criterion is not applied.
If you find lots a good point of view or other criteria may apply to get priority:
- Interest to others in society?
- Are practitioners of crucial professions given priority?
- Do skin color and ethnic origin play a role?
- One could imagine that the composition of the patient base in the hospitals should reflect the population as a whole. Otherwise, discrimination is lurking.
- Otherwise gender will play a role.
Leave it to the doctors?
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