Elderly Patients at Risk from Overwhelmed Hospital Emergency Triage
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hospital capacityemergency careelderly health risktriagesystemic failure
Summary
Hospitals are so overcrowded and understaffed that doctors are forced to triage patients, leaving elderly patients to deteriorate or die while waiting for care. This systemic issue creates profound moral distress for healthcare workers and puts seniors at extreme risk, with no effective solution in sight.
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