The government said on Tuesday (26th) that seven private doctors were arrested by the police for allegedly spamming medical exemption certificates (ie, needle-free papers). More than half of the valid medical exemption certificates were decided to expire on October 12.
Lin Zhijiao, chairman of the Hong Kong Patient Policy Network, said today (28th) that the incident showed that private doctors had already had a "chilling effect" on the issuance of needle-free papers. Some doctors even refused to issue needle-free papers knowing that patients were not suitable for injections. When there was no way to ask for help, they flocked to the private doctors involved, worrying that it would be more difficult for patients in need to obtain needle-free paper in the future.
He continued that the international community has gradually relaxed social distancing measures, and the Hong Kong government has also implemented "0+3" entry measures. The authorities should consider whether to continue to tighten vaccine passports to make the situation even more severe.
▼On September 20, Yau Ma Tei Western Medicine opened 2,000 "needle-free papers" and was arrested▼
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Lin Zhijiao, chairman of the Hong Kong Patient Policy Connection, said on the RTHK program that the government still needs to announce the method of the seven doctors involved in issuing needle-free papers, so that the public can understand the situation of spam, "This is all a phenomenon, please explain There are a few doctors in Hong Kong who can get a lot of business and go out to sell a lot of needle-free paper. However, the charges they report in the report are not flat. Generally, there may be hundreds of mosquitoes for street disease, but it depends on your words. Thousand mosquitoes issued a needle-free paper, this may be a phenomenon, it is a market problem.”
He continued to point out that this phenomenon shows that the chilling effect of reluctance to issue needle-free papers had already appeared long before the police arrests. But they will not issue needle-free paper, so a market is formed. When the public is eager for a needle-free paper, no matter if he is really trying to deceive and travel with peace of mind, or for other reasons, there are also patient organizations. Or if the patient talks, they are worried about their physical condition. The chronically ill patients are not eating a lot of medicines. They may have a problem with their immune system. Doctor, will you issue needle-free paper? He doesn't know your physical condition, so he refuses."
Lin Zhijiao, Chairman of the Hong Kong Patient Policy Connection.
(File photo/Photo by Huang Baoying)
He worries that affected patients will find it more difficult to obtain needle-free paper, and that the public does not know the reasons for the arrest and the situation of abuse, and doctors will also worry about the consequences after issuing needle-free paper.
He continued that the international community has gradually relaxed social distancing measures, and the Hong Kong government has also implemented the "0+3" quarantine exemption arrangement for tourists, "There is room for further tightening of the vaccine pass, and it is really more severe for us to travel again. What? On the whole, the needle-free paper is mainly because it has something to do with the narrowing space of the vaccine passport.”
Liang Hanhui, president of the Western Medicine Trade Union, said that the seven private doctors arrested for allegedly spamming the needle-free paper were only a minority in the industry, but they issued a huge amount of needle-free paper, and he directly accused them of being black sheep and outrageous: "The family found that seven One, I don't know if there will be more or less later, but the seven true series are actually very large in number. There are hundreds or dozens of words (issued), and will there be any of them? It may be a little later. Investigation, but Jiaqu has more than 1,000, which is an exaggeration, but Jia will stop the seven first, and deal with the others slowly."
Regarding the more than 20,000 pieces of needle-free paper issued by the seven private doctors involved, which will expire on October 12, he believes that the government has checked the relevant needle-free paper. What is the reason, there is a real reason...you look at it...it may be outrageous", thinking that the problem is not a big problem, and the government has reserved a buffer period of about half a month, so that patients in need can find other doctors to issue "exemption". Needle paper", "And it's really abusing it, he knows it himself, and it's not surprising that he himself would not go to the doctor again."
However, he admitted frankly that the arrest will put pressure on other doctors to issue needle-free papers and affect the judgment of some cases of "stepping the boundaries", but he believes that doctors have standard judgments, and I believe it is not difficult to handle.
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