Vaccination: how doctors will ensure the good faith of patients without a medical certificate

01/04/2022 By gifsauce 907 Views

Vaccination will be extended this Saturday to all people over 18 suffering from a chronic disease.

4 million additional French people will be able to be vaccinated against Covid-19 from this Saturday, Olivier Véran announced this Friday. This expansion of the vaccination campaign concerns those over 18 who are subject to chronic diseases, such as obesity, hypertension, diabetes and kidney failure.

No proof to provide

A vaccination which, from the age of 18, does not have to be justified by a medical certificate or proof.

The list of comorbidities and chronic diseases making their holder eligible for vaccination is available here.

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Vaccination: comment les médecins vont s'assurer de la bonne foi des patients sans certificat médical

Physicians are responsible for verifying the good faith of patients in the event of doubt about their real eligibility.

"We ask people if necessary to show us their prescriptions, to explain to us how things are going for them in relation to their background," he continues.

If by chance someone goes to a center to be vaccinated without presenting a proven chronic disease, Alain Jami explains that he is doing educational work: "We tell them that their turn is coming and that we will have to vaccinate them when they will fit the criteria."

"Empowering people"

Dr. Michel Chassang, general practitioner and honorary president of the Confederation of Medical Unions, is optimistic about the good faith of the people who will come forward to be vaccinated.

On the same subject

"We check the comorbidities, we question the patients... We realize if a patient really has comorbidities, because if he has comorbidities, he is followed up at the hospital, he has prescriptions, he has a good knowledge of his pathology. Someone who tells you a story, he overlaps, he does not really know what to say", believes to know Marc Baillargeat, doctor and medical manager of the vaccination center of the town hall of the 17th arrondissement of Paris .

Clarisse Martin Journalist BFMTV

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