Case Study

Pandemics bring ethical dilemmas into sharp, terrible focus. Around the world, hospitals have been unable to cope with the millions who need treatment for coronavirus. China created makeshift hospitals and denied treatment to those who needed non-coronavirus care; Italians wait an hour on the phone to get through to emergency services. Similarly, USA and UK are facing shortages of ICU beds and ventilators for the increasing number of infections. In such scenario doctors and medical professionals around the world are facing an ethical dilemma of whom to treat in case of resource constraint. In India too, the number of coronavirus ....