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'Life-saving' ventilators are 'harming' coronavirus patients, doctor claims

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An American doctor says ventilators are doing more harm than good and damaging the lungs of coronavirus patients based on how they're currently being used Medics in the UK and around the world have been using the breathing machines, which pump the lungs to send oxygen into the bodies, as a vital tool to keep critically ill patients alive.

But Dr Cameron Kyle-Sidell, who was treating Covid-19 patients in New York, said high pressure is inadvertently causing harm and his beliefs have led him to step down from his position in an intensive care unit.

In a YouTube video, he says: "I fear this misguided treatment will lead to a tremendous amount of harm in a very short time.

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