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Institutional

مؤسسي

Some healthcare workers believe an institutional reluctance to admit patients to hospital is costing lives

Reluctance

ممانعة

Some healthcare workers believe an institutional reluctance to admit patients to hospital is costing lives

Shielding

حماية

Some healthcare workers believe an institutional reluctance to admit patients to hospital is costing lives

Palliative

مسكن

and prevent care home and nursing staff from administering oxygen without a doctor's approval, either as part of acute or palliative (end-of-life) services

Ward

جناح

Ms Löfvenberg is now working on a Covid-19 ward in a major hospital in the Swedish capital

Anaesthetics

عقاقير مخدرة

Mikael Fjällid, a Swedish private consultant in anaesthetics and intensive care

Likelihood

ارجحية، احتمال

including the likelihood of disorientation and discomfort

Disorientation

غثيان، ارتباك

including the likelihood of disorientation and discomfort

Assessment

تقديرات، تقييمات

individual patients' needs are always put first and that nurses can call doctors to make assessments about the need for hospital care

Geriatric

مسنين

Christoffer Bernsköld, a spokesperson for geriatric care for Region Stockholm

Insists

اصر، الح

insists there are enough resources to ensure patients in the capital get acute or palliative care,

Ethical dilemma

معضلة اخلاقية

But he says it can be an "ethical dilemma" whether to administer oxygen or transfer patients to hospital.

Overstretching

ارهاق

that officials in the capital have been cautious about hospitalising the elderly because they fear overstretching resources

Prioritise

اولوية

Potential failure

فشل محتمل

Mr Löfven said it wasn't currently the right time to reflect on potential failures