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“The moral damage is justified by the deterioration of reputation. He, a professional in his field, a recognized expert, provides recommendations during this period, and it was announced that he was a criminal, his reputation was tarnished,” said the attorney for the plaintiff, Nerijus Kasiliauskas, during a court hearing in Vilnius City District Court on Thursday.
S. Čaplinskas also asks to be ordered to pay the average salary for the time of forced absence.
Eglė Gliaudelytė, a deputy lawyer representing the defendant at the Ministry of Health, stated that all of S. Čaplinskas’ claims must be rejected.
“The dismissal is legal and reasonable, and we do not agree with the claim for moral damage,” he said.
A report issued by the Ministry of Health last fall said that the main argument for firing S. Čaplinskas was that his center did not transfer the State Information System on Communicable Diseases and their Pathogens (ULSVIS) to another manager appointed by the Ministry – the National Public Health Center (NVSC).
The Ministry emphasizes that ULAC did not cooperate with the Public Health Center “to ensure the smooth transfer of the system, thus violating the requirements of legal acts, and did not ensure the performance of other functions assigned by order of the Minister.”
According to the ministry, this prevented the NVSC from providing data to responsible authorities in a timely manner, which in turn complicated work to investigate communicable disease outbreaks and identify outbreaks, as well as the risk of strict movement restrictions for Lithuanians in all the territory. EU.
“S. By not transferring ULSVIS, Čaplinskas prevented NVSC from properly implementing its established responsibilities related to communicable disease information management, outbreak investigation and provision of information to other Lithuanian and European institutions,” the Ministry said.
According to E. Gliaudelytė, employees must follow legal instructions, S. Čaplinskas was given his duties, but he did not fulfill them, the Ministry assessed this as a serious violation and made the decision to dismiss him.
The court decided to subpoena Linas Kavolius, an adviser to the Ministry of Health, as a witness. The participation of the National Center for Public Health in this trial as a third party will be heard by the court at a later stage.
Medik S. Čaplinskas has been the director of ULAC since 1989, when the institution was still called the Lithuanian AIDS Center. He was fired in March of this year after his inability to work ended.
The decision to fire S. Čaplinskas was made by former Health Minister Aurelijus Veryga, and current Minister Arūnas Dulkys stated that he had no reason to change this decision.
It was recently revealed that the only candidate for the position of head of ULAC did not obtain the required number of points, so the Ministry of Health will re-announce the contest.
Procedures related to the dismissal of S. Čaplinskas will continue on September 22.
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