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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Politics
Linda Geddes Science correspondent

Injured women face discrimination over life-saving drugs, say researchers

Nurse tending to a patient in intensive care.
The researchers speculated that the statistical disparity may be a result of the training that doctors and paramedics receive. Photograph: OJO Images/Rex

Injured women are experiencing sex discrimination in the administration of a life-saving drug that cuts the risk of bleeding to death by 30%, researchers have warned.

They found that female trauma victims were half as likely to receive tranexamic acid (TXA) as injured men – even though the treatment is equally effective regardless of sex.

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