According to the director of the College of Ethics of the Hungarian Medical Chamber, there is an older person who has a much better chance of survival than if he receives scarce resources, unlike a young person who may already have a chronic illness.

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The time has come for hospitals to use the ethical recommendation of the Hungarian Medical Chamber (MOK), which was made in April, during the first wave of the coronavirus epidemic, the RTL News.

The recommendation was drafted by the chamber to provide guidance to healthcare workers even in unexpected situations. the RTL according to your report

such a situation may be the need to choose between patients.

The director of the MOK School of Ethics, Zsolt Hegedűs, told the reporter that they have inside information that there are hospitals where they use their guidelines.

Hegedűs said this means that a team from the Triassic will assess the life prospects of the patients to be cared for and who should be the ones who should receive intensive care anyway if their condition worsens.

The expert told the channel that age itself or order of arrival was not in itself a factor in deciding which person to care for. Older people are often not in poor condition. Violinist said

there is an older person who has a much better chance of survival than if he receives scarce resources, unlike a young person who may already have a chronic illness.

A doctor working at the Military Hospital told Magyar Hang that they were increasingly faced with the situation that they had to decide to end life support, that is, turn off the machine, to help another patient, who might have a better opportunity.

Regarding the saturation of hospitals, hvg.hu also contacted the National General Directorate of Hospitals (OKFŐ), our source reported on Wednesday).

OFKŐ said hospitals continue to have access to all necessary hospital care and ventilators for those in need. Doctors are not required to select in any way, rumors to the contrary are unfounded.

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