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Simonas Krėpšta, senior adviser to the president and head of the Economic and Social Policy Group, said that in recent days there have been really nasty cases in which vaccination processes have been unfair. It seems that some people get vaccinated much earlier and go beyond the queue to find out who needs that vaccine the most.
“During the meeting, they discussed how to find the right balance between centralization and decentralization. It is by making sure that such dishonesties are avoided.
More specifically, the president believes that it is very good that the Ministry of Health took action yesterday, but they are not enough.
Looking ahead, and especially the period in which significantly more people will be vaccinated than are currently vaccinated, at least 3 additional steps need to be taken, ”S. Krėpšta said at the press conference.
The presidency presented 3 steps
According to the presidential advisor, all First – It is necessary to establish a certain electronic system to verify compliance with the vaccination sequences in a more systematic way.
Second thing – It is necessary to review the order of vaccination provided by the Minister of Health, with clearer principles to move from one priority row to another.
Third – Looking ahead, there is a need for greater coordination of the entire vaccination system, other countries have coordination centers, Lithuania is just the beginning of such a center. This needs to be reinforced.
“We are currently vaccinating several thousand people a day. In a month, we will probably vaccinate tens of thousands of people a day. The situation will become much more complex and the control mechanisms will have to be much stronger.
The President would like to emphasize that our legal system has many responsibilities, both administrative and criminal, for crimes of corruption; it is very important that this system works so that the institutions can fully interpret and, of course, sanction if such guilt is proven “, – said S. Krėpšta.
Expect “solutions, not regrets”
Prior to the meeting, the President said that the Ministry of Health must develop a clear, detailed and non-interpretive vaccination procedure and monitor the process. The head of state says he expects “solutions to solutions, not regrets” from the Minister of Health.
“The Ministry of Health does not have the right to cover the responsibility of the hospitals or does not know how long the investigations will take. The equity and efficiency of the vaccination process is one of the most important responsibilities of the Ministry of Health today. Quick and decisive solutions are needed to cover the responsibility of these people who only care about their own fur. It is necessary to define and manage the entire vaccination process, control it in hospitals, if necessary, appoint only those responsible for it ”, said the President.
A. Dulkys announced on Sunday night that he had decided to oblige the heads of the municipal administrations to control vaccination in the institutions subordinate to them and to investigate the alleged violations. According to him, the procedure for making lists of priority groups is also being modified and strengthened.
Following the introduction of coronavirus vaccination in Lithuania, there have been reports in the media of cases where unauthorized doctors or medicine-related businessmen have been vaccinated according to the established order of precedence. The Health Ministry and law enforcement officials say they will clear up these cases.
The STT will investigate violations of the vaccination regime
The General Prosecutor’s Office announced on Sunday that the Special Investigation Service (STT) will be tasked with investigating the alleged violations of the vaccination procedure at the Žalgiris Clinic of the Vilnius University Hospital, the Šilalė Ambulance Station and the Šilutė and Panevėžys Hospitals.
“Upon receiving a statement signed by three members of the Seimas requesting the initiation of a pre-trial investigation for possible criminal offenses in the vaccination of certain people with COVID-19, the prosecution reports that the Special Investigation Service will receive instructions to examine and verify cases of vaccination “. in the prosecution report.
Andrius Vyšniauskas, Jurgita Sejonienė and Paulė Kuzmickienė, MPs from the ruling Conservative Party, presented a statement to the Prosecutor’s Office on Saturday.
According to the prosecution, the decision on the pre-trial investigation will be made after examining the application. According to the Attorney General’s Office, these cases will also be referred to the Ministry of Health.
“In response to public discontent with these cases, the Ministry of Health will also be contacted immediately to request a systematic inspection of the cases identified or suspected of disciplinary or official responsibility and to present the material to the Prosecutor’s Office,” said the Prosecutor’s Office.
The Prosecutor’s Office also recalls that the Whistleblower Protection Law is in force in Lithuania, which provides for the possibility to safely report violations of the law to a person.
You can find more information on how to grant the status of notifier, ensure confidentiality and other guarantees, the ways to send a notification and other relevant information on the website of the Prosecutor’s Office, and if you have additional questions, you can consult the help line of the notifier.
On Saturday, the 15min.lt portal announced that the COVID-19 vaccine had been vaccinated at the Šilalė GMP station by the head of the company that operates this station, R. Ūselis, and three relatives who do not work for the company. The company’s vaccine list also included more clerical staff than medical last names.
The businessman himself explained to the portal that he did not see anything wrong with this decision and said that he would always take care of the vaccine in this way. Speaking of his relatives, R. Ūselis said that he would prepare them if he needed to volunteer.
“And what – we are not medical ambulance? We asked, they gave us and we went, we vaccinated. Employees, volunteers, because half of our brigades are sick from the crown,” he explained.
Following a press release, the Health Ministry announced that it had launched an investigation into the case and the stories published earlier this week by BNS that the non-hired teachers had been vaccinated at the Žalgiris Clinic of the Vilnius University Hospital.
President Gitanas Nausėda called the unsuccessful attempts to obtain vaccines “shameful relics of Soviet behavior” and demanded swift and decisive decisions on the responsibility of those who violated the vaccination regime.
The Special Investigation Service announced Saturday night that it had decided to conduct an anti-corruption assessment of the COVID-19 vaccine organization.
The fact that vaccines are sometimes given to physicians in direct contact with coronavirus patients and in priority groups has been reported since late December, when Lithuania received the first batch of vaccine and began vaccination. According to data from the Statistics Department on Saturday, a total of about 22.5 thousand people have already been vaccinated in Lithuania. people.
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