EU rules may endanger patient care

Tuesday 08th December 2015 09:13 EST
 

Medical professionals from EU will be allowed to work in our NHS without vital checks, neither on their medical qualifications nor command of English. According to new EU dictate, all health workers will receive “Electronic Passports” enabling them to work anywhere as doctors, nurses and midwives without further checks. BMA will be obliged to register them without checking their background, conviction, disqualification or qualifications.

While France, Germany and Scandinavian countries have equivalent standard, same cannot be said of Bulgaria, Romania and few other countries where corruption is ripe in every field and money can buy any favours, even exam results.

Although such a scenario may occur on rare occasion, even one rogue doctor is one too many, as they deal with matter of life and death. Negligence is already rife in NHS, with thousands of patients being victims of wrong diagnosis, removal of wrong organs. No wonder NHS is slowly haemorrhaging to point of no-return!

Public opinion is moving fast against EU membership with Germany’s liberal policy towards refugees and such fiduciary directives, interference in our internal affairs that may be detrimental for our wellbeing. It seems PM is on the slippery slope to gain concessions he could favourably put forward for us to stay in EU.

Kumudini Valambia

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