Health
Doctors want law to protect them from Covid ‘unlawful killing’ cases – Hull Live
As hospitals become overwhelmed doctors will have to choose who to treat, and who not to treat
Emergency legislation is needed to protect doctors and nurses from inappropriate legal action over Covid-19 treatment decisions made amid the pressures of the pandemic, health organisations have argued.
A coalition of health bodies has written to the Government urging it to update the law to ensure medical workers do not feel vulnerable to the risk of prosecution for unlawful killing when treating coronavirus patients in circumstances beyond their control.
Health groups argued that there is no legal…
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