Rights groups: coronavirus treatment plan discriminates
SEATTLE (AP) — Rights groups in Washington state filed a complaint Monday with federal health officials claiming plans developed by the state health department and University of Washington Medical Center for rationing life-saving equipment and treatments while responding to the coronavirus outbreak discriminates against disabled people.
The protocols will guide health professionals in deciding on who will have access to life-saving treatment and who will die, the complaint said. And the latest plan puts disabled people at risk, said the complaint filed with the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.
“The plans were just released on Friday and we need the Office of Civil Rights to weigh in before the plans are actually used as there is no way to reverse a denial of life saving treatment after the fact,” David Carlson, director of advocacy with Disabilities Rights Washington told the Associated Press on Monday.
Messages sent to state health officials seeking comment on the complaint were not immediately returned.
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