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Complaints against the misinformation of “Doctors for Truth” are accumulating in the Ordem dos Médicos. This Monday, the Observer reported a series of messages on the Telegram application, in which the anesthesiologist and co-founder of the page, María Gomes de Oliveira, will have tried to provide recipes and advice on how to evade the tests for covid-19.
The objective of those who sought help from the doctor was to try to obtain negative results, which would allow them to maintain their usual contacts. Among the various tips to eliminate “all viral remains” from the nostrils and throat, where samples are collected using swabs, María de Oliveira will have recommended constant cleaning of these areas, “fresh and varied food with lots of fruit and vegetables ”, Fasting before the exam, rest, among other“ helps ”.
According to the anesthesiologist, if people clean their nostrils “regularly and then immediately before going for the swab,” the tests will be negative.
The doctor, who did not confirm or deny the news confirmed by the Observer, will also have warned in the group’s messages that there is no obligation to carry out the test, claiming that there is a “request for pressure” for suspected cases to be analyzed by covid- 19.
In one of the reported cases, a pregnant woman questioned María de Oliveira about how to cheat in the covid-19 test so that parents are not prevented from being with their newborn child if they become infected. However, and although the doctor offers dubious advice to avoid covid-19 tests, the guidelines of the General Directorate of Health (DGS) do not prevent a mother from remaining in contact with her baby after delivery, allowing contact. physical activity and breastfeeding, unless the child’s mother is seriously ill.
Processes in the Order
The Observer reports that the co-founder of “Doctors for Truth” is registered with the southern section of the Medical Association, with which the PUBLIC tried to contact, without success. The disinformation page has an ongoing process in the regional disciplinary councils of the Order of Physicians (OM) and, in October, the PUBLIC reported that seven doctors from the group that devalues the severity of the disease caused by the SARS-CoV virus- 2 have processes in the Order of doctors.
Maria Margarida Gomes de Oliveira is one of the movement’s best-known figures, appearing in demonstrations against the use of masks and measures that seek to control the pandemic, and stating on the movement’s page and blog that there is no second wave of covid-19 . .
In the messages to which the Observer had access, the doctor also disregarded the principle of confidentiality established in the Code of Ethics of the Order of Physicians, despite refusing to answer the questions in the newspaper because he was “in the field of doctor-patient relationship, which is private and confidential “.
Put the community and healthcare professionals at risk
As for whether the anesthesiologist’s prescriptions really work to allow a person to cheat on the PCR test or not, experts have doubts and if it does, they will be very rare cases. Vasco Ricoca Peixoto, a public health fellow, told the Observer that “the probability is minimal that the result of a test with a well done harvest will be altered by washing the nostrils.”
In addition, another public health specialist, Teresa Leão, told the newspaper that “it is not the responsibility of any doctor at this stage not to identify the contacts” at risk of someone who has tested positive for covid-19.
Forcing a negative test puts the community at risk, since the infected person can continue to be in contact with co-workers and family members and thus facilitate the transmission of the virus, but also with health professionals who come into contact with that person during the trial period.
