Abu Dhabi: Patients’ denial about their medical condition and ignoring medication are now considered some of the most common causes of death in emergency rooms in the UAE, doctors said at an Abu Dhabi Medical Congress & Exhibition.
“If [patients] come to the hospital late because they’re in denial about their condition or they don’t recognise that they’re ill; and if they refuse treatment, this can cause major health deterioration,” Dr Ayesha Al Memari, Emergency Medicine and Critical Care Consultant at Mafraq Hospital, said earlier this week. |
