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During the presentation procedure, 47 members of the Seimas voted in favor of the project, none against, ten abstained.
One of the initiators of the project, former Health Minister Aurelijus Veryga, said that if the amendment was adopted, people who have experienced serious side effects could claim compensation.
“We are not talking only about redness or a slight increase in temperature, we are talking about complex reactions that make a person go to the hospital or have some long-term consequences,” he said.
“They are very rare and we believe that there is no need to create any new mechanism now, it would be enough to have that mechanism and compensation free damage fund that exists. It is still unpaid and the current one is unused ”, – said A.Veryga in the Seimas.
The draft proposes to change the definition of imminent harm so that such harm is not considered a serious adverse reaction to a vaccine when the vaccine is included in the pediatric preventive vaccination order by order of the Ministry of Health or is intended for vaccination against infection of according to its summary of product characteristics, leading to a state of emergency, quarantine ‘.
Photo by Paulius Peleckis / 15min / Aurelijus Veryga
According to A.Veryga, creating preconditions to receive compensation for the side effects of the vaccine would encourage people to be more actively vaccinated against COVID-19.
“In our opinion, this would contribute to a certain trust-building process and demonstrate that the state is not trying to shirk responsibility, and in the extremely rare cases where such harm occurs, a person will not be left alone, they will have some guarantees and it will be safer, “he said.
Antanas Matulas, chairman of the Seimas Health Affairs Committee, was surprised that A.Veryga did not present this initiative when he was Minister of Health, and she was born only after becoming a member of the opposition.
The conservative member of this committee, Linas Slušnys, said that the aforementioned project may set a bad precedent.
“It is well known that the use of neuroleptics and antidepressants also has side effects, but so far I do not see anywhere that the law provides compensation for the harm caused by side effects. Psychiatrists, however, try and the damage is not compensated. Informed but unpaid. I am not talking about the treatment of cancer patients and the side effects they experience. In principle, I cannot agree just because we are opening a certain Pandora’s box, “he said.
Sigismund Gedvila / 15min photo / Linas Slušnys
According to the State Medicines Control Agency, a total of 4,301 initial reports of suspected adverse reactions related to the use of COVID-19 vaccines were received in Lithuania since the start of vaccination from December 27 last year to December 30. June this year.
According to the service, in June alone, 37 reactions were classified as serious, including cases of myocarditis, peripheral facial paralysis, thrombophlebitis – inflammation of the superficial veins with local thrombosis of the superficial veins, herpes zoster and toxic liver toxicity.
To obtain compensation, doctors must establish that the reaction was caused in the person by the vaccine.
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