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Originally posted by DimPrawn View PostWho should be denied treatment? Simply based on age?
Maybe they should save the ones that aren't over 20 stone, can solve a crossword puzzle or count up to 10 first?
At least that way we get something positive out of this?
The hospitals are doing what they always do - applying triage. People more likely to benefit from treatment are given priority over those less likely to. It may rankle, but that's the facts of life of all health services.
Hard decisions to make, and age will definitely come into it. So will weight or being a smoker or asthmatic. No certainties - all based on risk and doctors' best judgement.Down with racism. Long live miscegenation!Comment
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Originally posted by minestrone View PostHi SASHard Brexit now!
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I think I'm a gonner if I have to get medical treatment.
I'm 43 (positive)
Never smoked (positive)
Not diabetic (positive)
No other underlying conditions (positive)
Female (positive since men tend to get it worse)
But I am fat (very fat). Currently VERY fat and over the cut off mentioned above. My own fault for spending too much time eating hotel food and being unable to exercise much due to an injury that gets worse every time I aggravate it.
So that it, according to some. Should not be treated if I need it because I'm fat.Comment
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Originally posted by mookiemoo View PostI think I'm a gonner if I have to get medical treatment.
I'm 43 (positive)
Never smoked (positive)
Not diabetic (positive)
No other underlying conditions (positive)
Female (positive since men tend to get it worse)
But I am fat (very fat). Currently VERY fat and over the cut off mentioned above. My own fault for spending too much time eating hotel food and being unable to exercise much due to an injury that gets worse every time I aggravate it.
So that it, according to some. Should not be treated if I need it because I'm fat."You’re just a bad memory who doesn’t know when to go away" JRComment
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Originally posted by SueEllen View PostStart losing the weight NOWComment
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Originally posted by mookiemoo View PostI think I'm a gonner if I have to get medical treatment.
I'm 43 (positive)
Never smoked (positive)
Not diabetic (positive)
No other underlying conditions (positive)
Female (positive since men tend to get it worse)
But I am fat (very fat). Currently VERY fat and over the cut off mentioned above. My own fault for spending too much time eating hotel food and being unable to exercise much due to an injury that gets worse every time I aggravate it.
So that it, according to some. Should not be treated if I need it because I'm fat.
Same as with me. Someone with the same overall profile as me but doesn't suffer from high blood pressure gets priority. Hopefully, it'll not get down to one ventilator and the two of us... or the triage nurse takes bribes...Down with racism. Long live miscegenation!Comment
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Originally posted by mookiemoo View PostI think I'm a gonner if I have to get medical treatment.
I'm 43 (positive)
Never smoked (positive)
Not diabetic (positive)
No other underlying conditions (positive)
Female (positive since men tend to get it worse)
But I am fat (very fat). Currently VERY fat and over the cut off mentioned above. My own fault for spending too much time eating hotel food and being unable to exercise much due to an injury that gets worse every time I aggravate it.
So that it, according to some. Should not be treated if I need it because I'm fat.
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