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Stimulus amid the Coronavirus

A bitter article was published in The Guardian daily on March 14. Coronavirus may force UK doctors to decide who they save, wrote Jonathan Ives.

By
MUHAMAD CHATIB BASRI
· 10 minutes read
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Medical staff push a patient on a gurney to a waiting medical helicopter at the Emile Muller hospital in Mulhouse, eastern France, to be evacuated on another hospital on March 17, 2020, amid the outbreak of the new Coronavirus, COVID-19. - A strict lock down requiring most people in France to remain at home came into effect at midday on March 17, 2020, prohibiting all but essential outings in a bid to curb the coronavirus spread.

A bitter article was published in The Guardian daily on March 14. Coronavirus may force UK doctors to decide who they save, wrote Jonathan Ives.

He remarked that the Italian College of Anesthesia, Analgesia, Resuscitation and Intensive Care had offered a clue on what to do when the number of patients infected with coronavirus exceeded the existing medical capacity. With sadness he wrote, priority must be given to those who have the possibility of survival -- and who have the potential for a long life.

Editor:
Syahnan Rangkuti
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