Doctors question focus on ‘underlying conditions’ in COVID-19 deaths
Dr Kerryn Phelps says almost half the population has a chronic condition so the term is 'useless' in referring to coronavirus-related deaths
Doctors are calling for an end to the “damaging” and “useless” policy of publicising whether people who died of COVID-19 had underlying health conditions.
During her daily press conferences, NSW’s Chief Medical Officer Dr Kerry Chant usually details the COVID-19-related deaths in the previous 24 hours, noting the patient’s age and if they had underlying health conditions.
