After the announcement of the delay in the delivery of Pfizer vaccines to Belgium, the vaccination campaign raises some concerns among some members of the nursing staff. Among these care professionals, Elie Cogan, professor of medicine and representative of the Take care of care platform. For this citizen movement which mainly brings together hospital workers, certain points of the strategy must be reviewed.
“Overall, the strategy seems better structured to me […]However, concerns are about when is the most appropriate time for caregivers to be vaccinated. The announcement of a restriction on the number of available doses is indeed a cause for concern “, said Elie Cogan on the set of our news.
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The professor emeritus of the ULB proposes to review the phasing of vaccination and the strategy to be applied with regard to nursing staff. “Caregivers, in my opinion, should be put a little higher in the phasing chain of vaccination. “
Do not vaccinate immunized personnel
He also advocates differentiating between caregivers who have recently contracted the coronavirus and others. “With the restriction of the number of doses in the initial phase, we must consider this solution: we probably have 10 to 15% of caregivers who have already been infected and who have antibodies. They are therefore already protected, at least for a certain number of months. These caregivers could make it possible to save a certain number of doses and to postpone their vaccination in the future. “
Too many levels of power to be effective
In Belgium, prevention with regard to health care depends on the communities, the vaccination of the Regions, the purchase of vaccines and how they are used at the federal level. Our famous Belgian institutional lasagna causes problems. “This aspect was underlined at the time of the parliamentary commission of inquiry. Most of the speakers re-specified it and we also knew it.”
It’s getting a little bit unbearable
But for him, it goes further: our entire healthcare system must be reviewed. And to quote what contributed to the “deliquescence“of this system for 30 years:”the shortage of unmanaged nurses, an unsuitable numerus clausus, a shortage of physicians in particular general practitioners, access to drugs for rare diseases, training orders for specialists dating from 40 years ago, the new have been lying around the offices of the Minister of Health for more than three years … In short, it’s getting a little unbearable. “So for this doctor, the delay in the vaccination strategy, “It’s the drop of water that makes the vase overflow“.
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