Scenario
- A public hospital does not provide its healthcare practitioners and support staff, who treat COVID-19 patients, with the necessary PPE. The masks are substandard, and the latex gloves are defective and tear easily. The practitioners and support staff complain to the hospital management, but not action is taken to improve the situation. The practitioners and support staff eventually warn the hospital management, that if they are not provided with proper masks and latex gloves, they will refuse to treat any COVID-19 patients.
- Do you think that the conduct of the practitioners and support staff is ethically and legally justifiable? Why or why not?