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That’s simply not the only reason. There were literal policies created preventing them from receiving treatment. Would you like me to paste the text from the story that was linked since you obviously didn’t read it? I could also find another link to MD Anderson not allowing current patients to receive ongoing treatments for you to not read.

The article that you linked discussed surgeries that were considered elective and how tough it can be to make that determination. The original post was based on emergency care. Incredibly unfortunate story for that woman and I would hate for any relative of mine to deal with that. Assessing the risk with cancer patients can't be easy when trying to balance immediate care/ increased risk of complications during recovery vs. trying to ride it out for a bit.

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Posted by Open Your Eyes

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Posted on 5/4/20 at 12:02 pm to atxfan

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The article that you linked discussed surgeries that were considered elective and how tough it can be to make that determination. The original post was based on emergency care. Incredibly unfortunate story for that woman and I would hate for any relative of mine to deal with that. Assessing the risk with cancer patients can't be easy when trying to balance immediate care/ increased risk of complications during recovery vs. trying to ride it out for a bit.

It also talks about how hospitals are using “algorithms and a team of experts” to determine what is and is not essential. There was also this:

“"There was someone who had a brain tumor who was told they would not be able to have surgery, which was basically, and appears to be, a death sentence for that patient," Lichtenfeld says.”

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