Alabama Plan Could Restrict Ventilator Access For People With Advanced Dementia Severe Cancer And Other Conditions
The document reviewed by Newsweek outlines “criteria for mechanical ventilator triage,” in the event of a “mass-causality respiratory emergency,” like the ongoing pandemic. Alabama Governor Kay Ivey declared the continued spread of COVID-19 a state public health emergency on March 13. The document contains different tiers or operations for hospitals and medical facilities to follow in the event that the state’s governor declares a public health emergency. According to the tiers, hospitals could restrict mechanical ventilator access for those suffering from a wide range of medical conditions....