Iran Press/Europe: "Sadly, some hospitals are now forced to follow . . . emergency triage of all patients requiring critical care," Katharina Hauck, a physician at the Imperial College of London said on Saturday.
"Applying this guidance effectively means that patients under the age of 65 who are not frail will be prioritized over elderly and frailer patients for critical care. Frail patients would be cared for in general wards with less intensive care," he told the Daily Mail.
More than 7,000 patients are currently hospitalized in London, according to The Sun. The number of people on ventilators has almost doubled since Christmas.
The surge is being fueled by a new variant of coronavirus which emerged in the UK in September and is believed to be 70 percent more transmissible than earlier strains of the disease.
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