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Tens of thousands of cancer sufferers denied treatment in UK during pandemic – WSWS
“Under the coronavirus situation there is an enormous crisis in diagnosing cancer and determining their severity. This delays cancer treatment. The outcomes of…
The COVID-19 pandemic has exacerbated the dire situation facing tens of thousands of UK cancer patients. At the end of December 2020the worst month for medical backlogs since records began in 2007almost 4.52 million patients in England were waiting to start hospital treatment. 224,205 people had been waiting more than a year.
Tens of thousands of cancer sufferers are among those waiting. Hundreds of them will die needlessly because of the Conservative governments criminal response to the pandemic.
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