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re: Hospitals around the nation are seeing a 41% increase in non-covid mortality
Posted on 5/4/20 at 12:02 pm to atxfan
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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Posted on 5/4/20 at 12:10 pm to Open Your Eyes
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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.”
That's crazy. I have a co-worker, whose son just had a seizure and had a brain tumor removed last week. If my loved was told that they could not be operated on because it was "non-essential".....nah, f*** that s***!
Posted on 5/4/20 at 12:15 pm to Open Your Eyes
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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.”
That's gut wrenching. I'm not trying to argue that things at hospitals are normal, by any stretch. The only reason why I responded to the thread in the first place was to react to the "we did it" comment, which I (apparently incorrectly) interpreted to mean that there was something that "we" did to affect things beyond what you would normally see from the effects of a global pandemic. A lot of really difficult choices were made in managing this thing and not all will end up being correct. It definitely sucks.
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