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cassa333 | 12:30 Wed 01st Apr 2020 | ChatterBank
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I wonder how many will die because of Coronavirus and not of Coronavirus.

Just about every operation and medical procedure has been cancelled due to Coronavirus. But I wonder how many of those people will die as a result of the delays?

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I thought it was only minor ops that had been cancelled?
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If you call heart surgery minor. And of course some minor ops are life saving,

But from what people are saying just about everything except ‘Proper’ emergency operations are cancelled.
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Can be .... not are...
I think most cancer treatments are still going ahead and someone mentioned that private hospitals are taking these cases on.
The way I read it, all life-saving ops will go ahead. Non-urgent ops will be delayed for 3 months. I suppose the decisions will be made on how long the patient needs the bed after the op.
Category 1 curative cancer treatments are going ahead where possible and time critical, palliative and life extending treatments it depends on individual centres. If you are a young man with testicular cancer probably surgery and a hold on chemo or an out patient version, end stage lung cancer , possibly not because the risks out weigh the rewards. It's up to individual patient and their teams to decide the safest approach.

I am more worried about the number of those with mental health problems who will fall through the net, isolation, reduced supervision of medication, increased anxiety, it's a perfect storm
not meant as a criticism but i thought you were lucky to get a minor operation within three months at the best of times?

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