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Regulation, according to which medical staff will collect patient data concerning, inter alia, allergies, blood type, but also pregnancy, is of great concern. The term “pregnancy registry” was even coined. The Ministry of Health says it’s out of concern for patients. We asked the Minister of Health, Adam Niedzielski, for explanations. He spoke briefly and decisively on the subject of the “pregnancy registry”.
- In accordance with the adopted regulation, medical staff will collect patient data on, inter alia, allergies, blood groups, and pregnancy
- There were fears that it would be a tool of excessive state interference in the privacy of pregnant Polish women and their control
- Minister of Health on the “pregnancy register”: there is no such thing and there will not be one
- In an interview with Medonet, he explained the purposefulness of the planned changes
- More information can be found on the Onet homepage
Concerns about the “pregnancy registry”
Recently, the Minister of Health, Adam Niedzielski, signed an ordinance which aims to “clarify the detailed scope of data on a medical event processed in the information system and the rules for their transmission”.
According to the new guidelines, medical staff will collect additional patient data, including allergies, blood groups, and pregnancy. These data will go to the Medical Information System (SIM). The new regulations, conventionally known as the “pregnancy register”, cause a lot of controversy.
Many women, as well as activists and organizations defending women’s rights, fear that the regulation will be a tool of excessive state interference in the privacy of pregnant Polish women and their control.
The Minister of Health decides on the “pregnancy registry”
The subject of the changes planned by the Ministry of Health was discussed in an interview with Minister Niedzielski, the editor-in-chief of MedTvoiLokony, Dr. Anna Zimny-Zając. – You are one of the few journalists who is strictly substantive on this topic and does not ask me about the “pregnancy register” imagined by some politicians, because there is no such thing and will not be – said Adam Niedzielski.
Pregnancy tests – you can buy a blood test package at Medonet Market. The package is recommended to women in each trimester of pregnancy as a form of prophylaxis or diagnosis in the event of alarming symptoms.
– We implement the recommendations of the European Commission, which from next year will become obligatory for the entire European Union. All of Europe is implementing something called the Patient Summary. It’s an electronic card. Its aim is to provide Community citizens with the comfort of health protection when moving within the EU. So that wherever we go, it is possible to implement treatment based on appropriate and reliable information – explained the minister.
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– Remember that the owner of this data is the patient and it is he or she who decides who has access to them, except for the attending physician. Without the patient’s consent, no one has the right to look at them, except in a life-saving situation, he emphasized.
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