Independent UK
‘Your hospital would work because these people would be taken out of the system,’ Professor June Andrews says
A coronavirus pandemic could be “quite useful” in clearing bed blocking in hospitals by killing off patients, a leading former nurse has claimed, while admitting her remarks would be seen as “horrific”.
Professor June Andrews said Covid-19 could help hospitals with delayed discharges because these people would be “taken out of the system”.
The former director of the Scottish government’s Centre for Change and Innovation acknowledged the controversial tone of her comments but said they represented the kind of strategic view needed to deal with the circumstances. Prof Andrews later said she had intended her remarks to be ironic.
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