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Covid doctors 'forced to choose younger patients over elderly people' as rate rises

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coronavirus infection rate continues to rise.It comes just days after London mayor Sadiq Khan declared a "major incident" across the Capital following a dramatic increase in deaths relating to the virus.Medical staff are now faced with the decision of prioritising the treatment of patients who they believe have a better chance of survival, rather than the elderly.Staff now face the uncertainty of the NHS being "unable to cope" as hospital admissions continue to grow.Dr Katharina Hauck who works in the faculty of medicine at Imperial College London says that hospitals in London are now in a dangerous predicament.She told the Daily Mail: "Sadly, some hospitals are now forced to follow emergency triage of all patients requiring critical.

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