The pandemic has “shone a spotlight” on how the do not attempt resuscitation orders are imposed, the report saidDoctors assumed elderly and disabled people were not capable of discussing how they should be treated during the coronavirus pandemic, health workers have said. A report by the charity the British Institute of Human Rights said that do not attempt resuscitation orders were applied at a higher rate for disabled and elderly people in the early part of the pandemic amid fears that Covid cases would overwhelm the NHS. SponsoredThe orders stop doctors making attempts to restart a patient’s heart when the chance of resuscitation is small. Yet of the cases the British institute looked at, only one in four do not resuscitate orders saw a formal assessment conducted to see whether a patient had the opportunity to discuss their care. More than 50 per

Source: The Times March 02, 2021 00:24 UTC