Thessalonikis' Papanikolaou Hospital

Greek hospitals seek a prosecutor’s order when patients who need intubation refuse

The trend of hospitalised COVID-19 patients refusing to be intubated, at a time when experts predict a nightmarish winter and the vaccine rollout is at a critical juncture, has burgeoned.

Following the death of a 54-year-ols woman at Athens' Evangelismos Hospital , the nation's biggest and a COVID-19 reference hospital, another 75-year old woman refused to be intubated.

COVID-19: Doctors worried about anti-intubation trend

The trend of hospitalised COVID-19 patients refusing to be intubated, at a time when experts predict a nightmarish winter and the vaccine rollout is at a critical juncture, has burgeoned.

Following the death of a 54-year-ols woman at Athens' Evangelismos Hospital , the nation's biggest and a COVID-19 reference hospital, another 75-year old woman refused to be intubated.