Health policy-makers and consumer advocates practicing massive criticism of the fact that it’s Monday, no phone sick leave for respiratory complaints more to give.
Bavarian health Minister Melanie Huml (CSU), called the step on Saturday, “premature.”
At the present time, it is important to avoid infection risks consistently, she said on Saturday.
Also representatives of other parties and consumer advocates spoke of the error and requested that the decision be withdrawn.
Fear of contagion in doctors ‘ offices continues
“There is a fear that Covid-19-patients appear again in doctor’s offices and this allows other people to infect. This must be prevented,” said Huml.
You requested an extension of the derogation. The Federal Joint Committee (G-BA) of Doctors, clinics and health insurance companies had on Friday decided to phase-out.
Affected employees must, therefore, starting Monday in practice, imagine.
The Confederation of German employers ‘ associations (BDA) was welcomed.
New rules for knocks to massive criticism
The SPD-health expert Karl Lauterbach wrote in Twitter: “It is nonsense to force the contagion in practice, since the patients have on the way, and in practice no effective protection mask. There is a clear error.”
The head of the Federal Association of consumer centres, Klaus Müller, voice, said that the decision of the Federal Committee “irresponsible”.
The health policy spokesperson of the Greens in the Bundestag, Maria Klein-Schmeink, called on the Minister of health, Jens Spahn (CDU), to set the “before Monday to be in force”.
Doctors and hospitals also do not agree
Also Doctors and hospitals, according to data from the kassenärztliche bundesvereinigung (KBV) does not agree with the decision to call off sick.
This is neither the practices nor the patient, was called by the CBD, which represents the practice doctors.
The decision in the G-BA had been passed against the votes of the practices and hospitals.
The decision-making body of the Federal Committee is made up of three impartial members, five representatives of the statutory health insurance funds and a total of five Doctors and clinic representatives.
Deutsche Presse-Agentur (dpa)
*The article “criticism of the new rules: Corona: stop of sick leave on the phone” is published by FitForFun. Contact with the executives here.