The Council of the General Syndicate of Physicians held a meeting, yesterday, Sunday, with the captains and secretaries of the sub-unions in the various governorates, to discuss the demands of the union that were responded to in the draft medical liability law, and the provisions that the union is still insisting on amending.
At the beginning of the meeting, the head of the Medical Syndicate, Dr. Osama Abdel-Hay, sincere thanks to the participants in the meeting from the different governorates, whether in attendance or via Zoom.
He also apologized to all Egyptian doctors for postponing the union’s extraordinary general assembly, stressing that this decision was very difficult, but it was necessary in order to ensure the interest and safety of doctors.
The head of the Doctors Syndicate indicated that some of the amendments proposed by the Syndicate to the draft law have been responded to, but there are still basic and fundamental amendments that have not yet been achieved that the Syndicate is insisting on introducing, to ensure the issuance of a fair and equitable law for medical liability.
The participants in the meeting explained that the amendments made so far to the draft law are still not satisfactory to the majority of Egyptian doctors, and that there are articles that must be amended and the wording of some concepts must be re-adjusted.
The participants in the meeting stressed that the general union and the sub-unions will work together and everyone will remain as one until the issuance of a fair law for medical liability that protects doctors and allows them to work in a safe environment, while at the same time preserving the patient’s safety and rights.
< p dir="rtl">The participants in the meeting stressed the following:
– It is necessary to redefine the serious medical error that requires criminal punishment, in a clear and unambiguous manner.
– Limiting the penalty for professional errors that occur to patients to compensate for the damage.
– It is necessary to refer all complaints regarding medical damages to the Supreme Committee for Medical Liability before starting an investigation into them.
– The Fund must pay the necessary compensation to the injured person, and not contribute to it only to preserve the patient’s right.
The participants in the meeting also stressed that the doctors’ rally around their union, and their continued support and adherence to its just demands in the draft law, is the basic guarantee for coming up with a fair draft law that protects doctors and preserves the rights of patients.
