Question

Two patients are in need of a life-saving medication of which there is a very limited supply and only enough medication for one patient. Patient A is 78 years old and in good health. Patient B is 20 years old and has multiple chronic illnesses. Which patient do you believe should receive this medication? Why?

Answer 1

Answer: In the case where there is only limited supply of medicine. It is important to provide treatment to the patient suffering from major illness. As mentioned above, the patient A has good health. So, he doesn't need urgent medications. Hence the treatment is not urgent and no complications are there. The patient B is suffering from several chronic illness, hence it is important to prevent the severity of the disease. So, patient B needs the medications.