London, Thanasis Gavos
Doctors and nurses in Britain have expressed “outrage and resentment” over the continuing burden of coronavirus vaccinated patients in public hospitals on the NHS, making it impossible for other critically ill patients to be treated.
At a time when the waiting list for appointments, surgeries and treatments in the NHS has reached a record 5.8 million patients, figures cited by the Sunday Times show that at least 90% of Covid patients requiring the most intensive care are unvaccinated. .
According to data covering up to July, between 20% and 30% of critical treatment beds in England were occupied by coronavirus patients. Of these, three in four had not been vaccinated.
For the July-November period, the NHS England reported that more than nine out of ten Covid patients requiring the most specialized care were unvaccinated.
Doctors who spoke to the Sunday Times said, among other things, that transplants could not be performed due to lack of time or that there was a delay in operations for cancer patients.
Nicky Credland, president of the British Association of Critical Care Nurses, told the newspaper: “All nurses understand that we have to provide care without judging. But what we find difficult is that treating patients who have chosen not to be vaccinated has an effect on other patients. “We are human beings and we are still angry with things that we think are not fair.”
She added that they treat rude or even violent patients due to stress, resulting in a large number of nurses working in intensive care units who report psychological problems.
The director of critical care clinics at Birmingham University Hospitals, Dr Drewb Parek, added: “When you can not provide the services you feel you need in the community and to patients with serious problems, there is a degree of resentment and anger.”
He added that it was “outrageous and desperate” to see patients who could have been saved end up.
Among many other doctors who spoke to the Sunday Times, Dr. Steve Mathieu of the UK Intensive Care Association and director of the clinic said: “One in two Covid-19 patients who require ICU and artificial respiration will die. “This is a really important message, because we know that vaccines work and there are very few diseases that cause such high mortality rates.”
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