Cancer patients delay hospital treatments over Covid-19 fears

Name: Cancer patients delay hospital treatments over Covid-19 fears
Uploaded: 2020-05-05T12:45:33+00:00
Duration: 1 min 55 s
Description: Fears of contracting Covid-19 are stopping patients with cancer and other illnesses from attending hospitals to receive vital treatments. One hospital has reduced its daily number of operations from 160 down to 25. Medical experts say the patients risk worsening their disease, and will create a backlog of procedures once the pandemic passes.

Issued on: 05/05/2020 - 14:45

Fears of contracting Covid-19 are stopping patients with cancer and other illnesses from attending hospitals to receive vital treatments. One hospital has reduced its daily number of operations from 160 down to 25. Medical experts say the patients risk worsening their disease, and will create a backlog of procedures once the pandemic passes.