Health workers at risk to receive rapid vaccination
The canton of Zurich is starting with the first vaccinations for hospital staff. However, other cantons will have their turn later. The Swiss Society for Emergency and Rescue Medicine is calling for rapid access throughout Switzerland.
The Swiss Society for Emergency and Rescue Medicine (SGNOR) is calling for rapid nationwide vaccination of staff in all hospitals in Switzerland to reduce the number and means of serious illnesses and deaths. Especially the nursing staff should now be provided with vaccinations quickly, demands the Society of Emergency and Rescue Medicine. In a statement, the SGNOR calls for a cross-cantonal strategy for the risk group. The further vaccinations should now be administered to the nursing staff promptly, supra-regionally and throughout Switzerland. Paramedics and emergency physicians are particularly exposed.
"Our employees have been on the Covid 19 front for almost a year. Depending on the canton, they are vaccinated earlier or later," complains Prof. Aristomenis Exadaktylos, co-president of SGNOR. From SGNOR's point of view, the Conference of Health Directors (GDK) must immediately establish clear and uniform regulations for the prioritization of vaccination. Should this not succeed at the level of the cantons, the federal government must act, SGNOR demands.
Source: SGNOR
