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Covid patients dying unnecessarily as they are afraid of ventilators – Metro.co.uk
Doctors say it is mostly ethnic minorities and people from deprived backgrounds who fear ventilators.
Some people are refusing ventilators because they believe the machines will kill them (Picture: Getty Images)
Covid patients are dying because they will not go on ventilators as they believe the machines will kill them, medics have warned.
The Faculty of Intensive Care Medicine told The Telegraph that many of its members are being faced with critically-ill patients who refuse ventilators and then die.
Its really difficult for doctors working in ICU when you see a patient deteriorate and you know…
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