Thread by @janeruffino, You can’t convince me that refusing intensive care when there is AVAILABLE [...]

You can’t convince me that refusing intensive care when there is AVAILABLE SPACE and no policy to deny care based on age, thus allowing someone to die, is a healthy source of national pride. https://www.svt.se/nyheter/lokalt/sodertalje/broderna-forlorade-sin-pappa-i-covid-19-fick-inte-intensivvard

Nekades intensivvård trots ledig plats – deras pappa dog i covid-19

Bröderna Gabriel och Daniel Altinsu förlorade sin pappa i covid-19 för bara ett par dagar sedan. Nu är de kritiska mot vårdens beslut att inte ge deras pappa, Hanna Altinsu, intensivvård.

https://www.svt.se/nyheter/lokalt/sodertalje/broderna-forlorade-sin-pappa-i-covid-19-fick-inte-intensivvard

FYI: these guys lost their dad a few days ago. He was 81 and basically healthy. The ICU was not at capacity. The doctor just said people his age don’t usually recover well so there was no point saving him. I wonder would they have denied a white guy named Svensson?

So this is today. No one over 80 will get ICU. No one over 60 who has underlying conditions. This is slaughter. https://www.expressen.se/nyheter/coronaviruset/ingen-intensivvard-for-personer-over-80/

Ingen intensivvård för coronapatienter över 80

Coronapatienter med en biologisk ålder på över 80 ska inte få intensivvård på Karolinska universitetssjukhuset. Inte heller multisjuka över 60 år, enligt ett dokument som Aftonbladet fått ta del av....

https://www.expressen.se/nyheter/coronaviruset/ingen-intensivvard-for-personer-over-80/

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