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Paris doctors warn they may have to refuse patients amid surge of COVID-19 cases
Critical care doctors in Paris say surging coronavirus infections could soon overwhelm their ability to care for the sick in the French capital’s hospitals, possibly forcing them to choose which patients they have the resources to save.
Key points:
- French medical professionals are ramping up pressure on the Macron government to impose a full national lockdown
- Doctors are warning that as Paris hospitals become overwhelmed, they will have to choose which patients live or die
- France is approaching 100,000 deaths from the coronavirus
The sobering warnings were delivered in newspaper opinions signed by dozens of Paris-region doctors.
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