On the one hand, she wants to have anchored in law that the Covid-19 vaccination is an “absolute prerequisite” for practicing a medical profession. On the other hand, the Chamber advocates placing the issuing of exemption certificates in the hands of medical officers.
“It is also conceivable for us that the medical inspection service of the social security agencies will issue corresponding certificates,” said President Thomas Szekeres in a broadcast on Tuesday. “Scare tactics and targeted disinformation of the population” would unfortunately not allow normal and accustomed handling of the medical certificates at the moment.
“Doctors under great pressure”
Szekeres asked the Ministry of Health to take this into account in the draft law that is currently being worked on. His Vice President Johannes Steinhart pointed out that the doctors in private practice are coming under great pressure in the current situation surrounding the emotional discussion about the compulsory vaccination – “the aggressiveness is also fueled by certain political groups, which is outrageous. It is therefore important to take this pressure off “said Steinhart. The trustee of the resident doctors also cited the example of the driver’s license examinations – “as a rule, these are also carried out by the medical officer. Therefore, the vaccination exemption certificates in connection with the imminent vaccination obligation are the responsibility of public authorities.”
FPÖ outraged
As far as the mandatory vaccination for the doctors themselves is concerned, refusing the required vaccinations should be tantamount to being deleted from the doctor’s list. For this, too, politicians should create the necessary legal prerequisites, was demanded in a further broadcast.
FPÖ health spokesman Gerhard Kaniak was indignant about the attitude of the chamber to the vaccination tests. Szekeres was speaking to resident doctors “de facto general distrust,” he said in a broadcast.
Source: Nachrichten
