As the coronavirus has begun to appear to be linked to kidney issues, a new round of ethical questions are being raised about who gets treatment and who doesn’t.
Early cases of COVID-19 are believed to be linked to a live-animal market in Wuhan, China.story began like many others: His health deteriorated, he was hospitalized, he tested positive for COVID-19, and he was treated. Then his health began improving. He was going to be taken off the ventilator -- until his potassium levels spiked.
Jamal Uddin, 68, passed away last week in a New York City hospital after testing positive for COVID-19, according to his wife, Jesmin. The hospital was not able to return ABC News' request for comment because of patient privacy rules, and the Uddin family did not authorize the hospital to speak about his ordeal.A possible dearth of various life-saving equipment has for weeks nipped at the heels of the novel coronavirus’ spread.
“A one-size-fits-all category that denies care to all patients with kidney failure is short-sighted, arbitrary, unethical, and discriminatory,” the presidents of the American Society of Nephrology and the National Kidney Foundationto the National Governors Association and the National Conference of State Legislatures wrote last week. Nephrology refers to medical specialization in kidneys.
Medics and hospital workers prepare to lift a COVID-19 patient onto a hospital stretcher outside the Montefiore Medical Center Moses Campus on April 07, 2020, in the Bronx borough of New York. Experts cited a growing need for both dialysis machines and the fluid required to dialyze patients. Because manufacturing new machines can be an arduous process, Dr. Sunny Jha, a USC anesthesiologist, suggested states with fewer cases donate machines to the “hot spots” – not unlike the reallocation of ventilators in recent weeks.
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