A watchdog group said patients in the UK with learning disabilities who had contracted the coronavirus were given unnecessary instructions to “not revive”.
Mencap, a watchdog group focused on helping people with learning disabilities, said they had received several reports from coronavirus patients with learning disabilities saying they would not deteriorate again due to their health, according to a report by The Guardian.
‘During the pandemic, many people with a learning disability faced shocking discrimination and barriers to access to health care, with inappropriate notices on their files posted on their files and supporting their social care, “said Edel Harris, CEO of Mencap , said The Guardian.
According to orders with the non-resuscitation orders, it could have cost lives during the pandemic last year The Care Quality Commission, a healthcare regulator in the UK, said.
According to the news source, it is not immediately clear why these orders were placed on people with learning disabilities. Do not revive orders that are usually administered to people who cannot resist CPR.
New evidence also suggests that people with learning disabilities are likely to have more serious negative consequences for the health of the virus, according to The Guardian.
The UK is once again under lock and key as the country continues to fight the new, more contagious, British variant of the coronavirus virus.
In the first five weeks of their most recent exclusion, the National Health Service, the UK-funded UK healthcare system, found that 65 per cent of COVID-19 deaths were linked to people with disabilities, reports the Guardian.
And despite evidence of excessive consequences, there has been debate in the country over whether those with learning disabilities should be a priority in receiving vaccinations.
“It is unacceptable that within a group of people who are so badly affected by the pandemic, and who even before Covid died on average more than 20 years younger than the general population, many continue to feel scared and wonder why they were left out,” he said. Harris said. .
The Hill released Mencap for comment.