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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
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Jonathan McCambridge

No blanket do-not-resuscitate order during Covid, Swann tells inquiry

Screen grab from the UK Covid-19 Inquiry live stream of Stormont’s former health minister Robin Swann giving evidence (UK Covid-19 Inquiry/PA) -

There was no blanket “do-not-resuscitate” order for sick patients in Northern Ireland during the Covid pandemic, former health minister Robin Swann has said.

Mr Swann told the UK Covid-19 Inquiry that he believed it would have been “unethical and unnecessary” to deploy the orders based on age or disability.

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