It's not clear the California orders *were* rescinded. They merely took
them off the website with a vague statement about "California values."
There is no official triage statement right now that I know of. Before,
if I recall, there was an ascending order of denying treatment. The most
likely group to be denied was everyone over 70, the next most likely
group those 60-70. There was a points system, used in many places, but
being older is a main factor. Various diseases and disabilities also
count against you.
The reality is that triage is going on everywhere the hospitals are
overloaded. Sometimes they give those denied care a morphine drip
(palliative care). Sometimes they just send them home. There have been a
lot of articles about triage in the news. Doctors want official triage
guidelines so they don't even need to make individual assessments of
patients. And they often get them, sometimes from the state, sometimes
from their hospital.
Fran
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On 5/6/2020 10:52 AM, Sharon Collier wrote:
OMG, I wasn't aware that care was being denied to older patients? I'm, 65, but my mom is
97. If I got her genes, I can look forward to another 30 years. Having someone say I
don't get treatment because I'm "too old" is ridiculous. No doctor can tell by
age how many years a person has left. I'm glad they rescinded those orders, but what
moron approved them in the first place?
Sharon
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