A doctor's practice in Nuremberg has refused to treat a twelve-year-old sick girl.
She wanted to see a negative PCR test beforehand.
Nuremberg - A doctor's practice in Nuremberg * refused to treat a sick child without a negative PCR test.
"My daughter had taken a Corona rapid test * at school that morning, which was negative," said the mother in an interview with
nordbayern.de
.
The school called and told her that her twelve-year-old daughter had a sore throat and ear and could no longer attend classes.
The mother then called an ENT doctor to make an appointment for her child at short notice.
Nuremberg doctor's practice refuses to treat a sick child without a PCR test
However, the practice announced that the child was only allowed to see a doctor with a negative PCR test.
The mother then consulted two other practices, but they too made the same request.
"My child is sick and does not get any medical help, that annoys me very much," added the woman from Nuremberg.
It is about the principle.
“What symptoms can I go to the doctor with?” According to her own statement, she wanted to spare her daughter the procedure of a PCR test and the subsequent waiting for the result.
Nuremberg: doctor's practice does not act legally
According to the Bavarian Ministry of Health, a negative PCR test is not mandatory for a doctor's visit. "For practices in which medical, therapeutic and nursing services are provided or medically necessary treatments are offered, the following applies: A test certificate does not have to be presented", it says on the website of the authority.
In the case of the twelve-year-old sick girl, a spokeswoman for the Ministry of Health explains: "The rejection of patients who cannot show a negative PCR test [...] is only conceivable in individual cases if, despite all protective measures taken, an unacceptable risk to the doctors , the practice staff or other patients. ”A requirement for a negative PCR test is therefore not easily possible.
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