Tag: unvaccinated
Singapore will stop paying the medical bills of unvaccinated COVID-19 patients : NPR
People in Singapore mask up to take a mass rapid transit train on Friday. Singapore has one of the highest vaccination rates in the world. As of Sunday, 85% of its population was fully vaccinated. Roslan Rahman/AFP via Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Roslan Rahman/AFP via Getty Images People in Singapore mask up to
With COVID-19 infections surging, can doctors refuse treatment to unvaccinated patients? – News @ Northeastern
As more and more health care systems across parts of the U.S. push up against一or beyond一their capacity amid widely circulating COVID-19 infections, questions about how hospitals can continue to care for patients have taken dire form. Hospitals are now filled to the brim with unvaccinated patients. Concerns over how best to ration care for scores
Can Doctors Deny Treatment to the Unvaccinated?
Share on PinterestWith COVID-19 cases overwhelming hospitals and clinics across the country, many healthcare professionals are experiencing “compassion fatigue” when providing care for unvaccinated patients. Morsa Images / Getty Images An increasing number of unvaccinated people are being hospitalized or dying from COVID-19 in the United States. This has sparked discussions about whether doctors have
Medical ethicists criticize doctors refusing to treat the unvaccinated
Linda Marraccini, a family medicine doctor in South Miami, Fla., is tired of patients who refuse to get vaccinated, endangering themselves and everyone they come into contact with — so she gave them an ultimatum: Get vaccinated or find another primary care physician. Marraccini sent out a letter to her patients last month, informing them