The decision in Karlsruhe, Germany: constitutional court rejects the request for the Triage rules in pandemic

The Federal constitutional court may oblige the legislature fast-tracked to the rules of binding, who is being treated in the Corona pandemic is preferred. So i

The decision in Karlsruhe, Germany: constitutional court rejects the request for the Triage rules in pandemic

The Federal constitutional court may oblige the legislature fast-tracked to the rules of binding, who is being treated in the Corona pandemic is preferred. So it is decided by the First Senate in a decision published on Friday. Several people who include, according to the Definition of the Robert Koch Institute for the risk group, must be expected in the case of a Covid-19-disease with severe disease, had fought in Karlsruhe, Germany, with constitutional complaints, however, that the legislator has not regulated the so-called Triage, i.e. the prioritization of medical aid. In addition, they requested a preliminary injunction, the Federal constitutional court obliged the legislator to act. The Parliament should be abandoned, a panel for a binding regulation of treatment decisions used.

Marlene Grunert

editor in the policy.

F. A. Z.

The Complainant suffering from various disabilities and pre-existing conditions. They fear, in the case of scarce resources, are treated worse and to be of life-saving measures even excluded. Statistically, the success were prospects of an intensive medical treatments when you finally worse. According to the previous recommendations, the prospects will be crucial.

Date Of Update: 14 August 2020, 11:20