The Medical Association of Athens in a letter to the Minister of Health Adonis Georgiadis, formulated his positions on the Draft Law, entitled “Reformation of the institution of the Personal Physician – Establishment of University Health Centers and other provisions of the Ministry of Health”.
In its letter, the ISA states that the provision of the possibility of concluding a personal doctor contract, for doctors who are not already contracted with EOPYY, is in the right direction and has been a request of the ISA since the initial establishment of the institution of the personal doctor.
However, he points out there are also issues that need improvement. He notes that initially (Law 4931/2022) there was a provision that: Personal physicians are defined as doctors specializing in general/family medicine or internal medicine for the adult population. By decision of the Minister of Health, ordinary private doctors, who do not fall under the above specialties, may be designated as personal physicians, especially when the specialty is related to the monitoring of citizens suffering from chronic diseases, and pediatricians for the minor population. However, the ISA states that in this Bill the specialties are limited to general/family doctors, pathologists and paediatricians.
“In article 34, it is expressly provided for the termination of the existing contracts of personal doctors of other specialties as personal doctors, without compensation, which cease to be valid automatically with the entry into force of the law”.
The permanent position of the Athens Medical Association is that: “all doctors are equal in their scientific knowledge, therefore this exclusion should be lifted, in order to give the possibility to doctors of all specialties who wish to contribute to the implementation of the institution of the personal doctor, under the conditions provided for”.
Furthermore, for pediatricians, he adds, the possibility of a contract is not foreseen if they are not already contracted, as provided for general practitioners and internists. He also points out that “there is no provision for the possibility of contracting doctors in the form of a legal entity. In other words, doctors who operate their practices in the form of a company are excluded.”
ISA asks the Minister of Health to take into account the above and “to have the relevant provisions, thus strengthening the institution of the personal doctor”.
Source: RES
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