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Nurses should refuse to treat coronavirus patients "as a last resort" if they are not given adequate personal protective equipment (PPE), according to new guidance.
The Royal College of Nursing (RCN) issued the advice to its members in a bid to prevent more frontline deaths, following criticism of the government about the supply of protective gear for NHS staff caring for people with COVID-19.
Ministers have been accused of being too slow to deliver the equipment, putting health workers at risk and meaning those treating coronavirus patients could pass it on.
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Sad that has come to this and it could have major implications. Medical staff have been put in an impossible position, treat somebody without the right protection and risk themselves, their families and other patients. Don't treat and watch patients suffer/deteriorate. Not a choice I'd like to have to take, and it's a disgrace we're putting nurses in that position.