Another breakdown in the BAG – one too many, believes Pascal Tischhauser, deputy head of politics at the Blick Group.
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Keystone
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2/7
Because there was no death of a young corona patient from the canton of Bern. Stefan Kuster from the BAG spoke of a “tragic” incident.
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AFP
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3/7
Even if a doctor is the cause of the breakdown this time: Health Minister Alain Berset has to get his office under control.
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Keystone
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7/7
For example, the places of infection. Patrick Mathys, Head of the Crisis Management and International Cooperation Section at the FOPH, personally released the wrong data.
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Alain Berset has to turn words into deeds. The Minister of Health has promised consequences because his Federal Office of Public Health wrongly reported that Corona infections often took place in clubs.
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And now his office has confirmed the death of a corona patient between the ages of 20 and 29. This death does not exist. A doctor in Bern falsely entered a date of death on a form and thus reported a patient as dead.
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Can happen? Yes, but that’s why you check such information several times. Apparently not the BAG. Again not. Sometimes not a nine-year-old girl died, but a 109-year-old woman fell asleep. Then an 87-year-old died from Corona – instead of a 27-year-old.
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The office had previously published incorrect infection figures. The cantons should be to blame or the fact that the information is transmitted by fax or a doctor.
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But the BAG – and its top boss – is responsible. The summer vacation was short, but it’s over. Now we need correct data. Get to work, Mr Berset!