The border issue: 'Our already very high numbers are now only the tip of the iceberg'
The frightening reality, says Gardiner, is the current trajectory does not bode well. "When I have to make a really difficult decision - if we get to the point if resources won't go far enough - I hear no voice that says, 'we support you in whatever decision you have to make, ethically or socially'. How do we decide which people get a longer time in critical care or who gets it in the first place?" He admits that conundrum keeps him up at night and is "not a medical decision" but a "social, political and economic decision". Inside this hospital, there's the constant ringing of alarms, the n...