the hippocratic oath is no more, all make an
oath to the state (and whomever is in charge at the moment).
Posted on 04/12/2021 10:07:55 AM PDT by John Semmens
Two professors at Harvard Medical School, Drs. Bram Wispelwey and Michelle Morse, are calling for a revision of hospital emergency triage procedures. "The idea that patients should be given priority for treatment based on the urgency of each case without regard to race is inherently racist because it fails to consider the 400 years of discrimination against minorities," Wispelwey said. "Only by balancing this out by leaning the other way can society begin to pay for the damage done to these people."
Under the proposed new triage protocol, emergency room doctors would first make a determination of the race of each injured or ill person coming into the hospital. Those presenting as persons of African descent would go to the head of the line. Those determined to be white would go to the back of the line. Morse emphasized that "these procedures would only apply if the inflow of patients is large enough to prevent immediate treatment to all regardless of race. If priority decisions have to be made, only then would race be taken into consideration. We would never delay attention to a white or Asian person if there isn't a black or Latino person that needs to be put ahead of them in line. That would be senselessly cruel."
This proposal runs afoul of existing law. Both the the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the Affordable Care Act (Obamacare) explicitly ban racial discrimination by providers of medical services. A spokesperson for the Harvard Medical School explained that "we would, of course, undertake a pilot study or, if you will, a clinical study to test the results of the proposed reform before implementing it as a permanent policy. One thing we don't yet know is the precise ratio of the value of a black life saved vs. a white life lost. Developing an acceptable formula for calculating this would be a prime objective of any study."
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If those doctors are still employed then I assume this practice is true.
the hippocratic oath is no more, all make an
oath to the state (and whomever is in charge at the moment).
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