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If a death certificate is completely correctly, both covid and heart disease should be mentioned. This is Scotland, I assume England same or similar
Maybe both are recorded, but people just focus on the covid part? Although, if they were not tested for covid, presumably because they were being treated for a heart attack, when how did doctors know covid was present?
The cause of death statement
This section of the certificate is divided into two parts. In part I you should first state
the immediate cause of death. You should then work back logically to the disease or
condition that started the process. The last statement that you write in part I
should be the main disease that led to death. This is also known as the underlying
cause of death and it is important information for epidemiological purposes. In part II
you should state any significant condition or disease or accident that
contributed to the death but which was not part of the sequence leading
directly to death.
https://www.nrscotland.gov.uk/files...tificates/f11-notes-and-form-1jan99todate.pdf
So it really should have said something like, heart attack as the immediate cause of death, and covid as an underlying conditionThis section of the certificate is divided into two parts. In part I you should first state
the immediate cause of death. You should then work back logically to the disease or
condition that started the process. The last statement that you write in part I
should be the main disease that led to death. This is also known as the underlying
cause of death and it is important information for epidemiological purposes. In part II
you should state any significant condition or disease or accident that
contributed to the death but which was not part of the sequence leading
directly to death.
https://www.nrscotland.gov.uk/files...tificates/f11-notes-and-form-1jan99todate.pdf
Maybe both are recorded, but people just focus on the covid part? Although, if they were not tested for covid, presumably because they were being treated for a heart attack, when how did doctors know covid was present?