After reading the article, i pesonally feel that the decision made is cruel and selfish. However, in times of a pandamic when existance is the factor itself, sacrifices are inevitable. i personally feel that very elderly, seriously hurt trauma victims, severely burnt patients and those with severe dementia paitents should not bedenied medical aid unless in case of severe circumstances.
The lack of scarce medical resources had made rationing of healthcare during major outbeak of diseases necessary. This is because, the amount of medical care that hospitals and doctors can provide are limited. This had hence led to people who are listed on the 2nd priorty list to be denied of help. Indeed, people would want to save paitents who have the chance to survive instead of wasting resources on a dying paitent.
Although iIt is said that it was an "emotionally difficlut"task for the people involved in compiling the list, i feel that such a decision should only be made in dire situations e.g. in a case of a pandamic.
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I agree with your opinion, this cruel decision should only be made when there is a serious pandamic,so as to make the best use of the scarce resources and to save as many ppl as possible.
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