Incurablely sick people with a diagnosis of COVID-19 makes sense to be not hospitalized, but to give them the opportunity to be treated and even dying at home – at least if they themselves express such a desire. Such a measure was proposed by Professor Dale Fisher, Medic Consultant of the Infectious Hospital of the National University of Singapore, writes The Straits Times.
“They should be supported at home. It is better for the patient himself, and for his relatives, and for the health system,” said Fisher, pushing out from the case of a 99-year-old man, who was allowed to stay at home after the diagnosis of COVID-19.
The attending physician, who observed this case, in a conversation with The Straits Times noted that the stay of this patient at home is a more successful outcome, since the load on the hospital loaded due to the epidemic would not have increased. It is emphasized that the laws are not prescribed to the mandatory hospitalization of such patients – it is always a decision of the doctor.
As the Deputy Mayor of Moscow, Anastasia Rankov, said earlier in October, among the deceased patients with COVID-19 86 percent – pensioners. According to Zamera, 60 percent of beds in hospitals for the treatment of coronavirus and 70 percent of the intensive care places occupy the elderly.