On January 3, 2023, in the program "Kwadrans Polityczny" on TVP1, Deputy Minister of Health Waldemar Kraska said, among other things, that "at the next session of the Sejm, next week, we want to submit an amendment so that the pharmacist can also issue us this prescription. So we enter the pharmacy , we have a desire to be vaccinated, we receive this vaccination the moment we are at the pharmacy."
Walenty Zajdel
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Published Jan. 4, 2023 08:34
Everyone can make a mistake or have a bad day. The Deputy Minister of Health, Waldemar Kraska, talked nonsense several times about vaccinations in pharmacies. This means that it was not a weaker day, but a lack of knowledge of the facts in this area.
The facts are as follows: in Poland, there are about 5,000 influenza vaccination points, including about 1,400 in pharmacies, i.e., on average, every tenth pharmacy in the country carries out vaccinations. After hearing the above information provided by Deputy Minister Kraska, we enter the nearest pharmacy and say: I want to be vaccinated. We get the answer: unfortunately, we do not vaccinate in this pharmacy. We go to the next pharmacy: I have a desire to vaccinate. Sorry, we don't vaccinate. We are not discouraged, we go to the next pharmacy ... and so on eight more times, until we finally reach the pharmacy where we can get vaccinated. Such a hike is only good for tough guys.
What can be done to avoid such a long and tiring journey. Just check which pharmacies offer vaccinations. Therefore, we check the following websites:
Ministry of Health - no such information
Main Pharmaceutical Inspectorate - no such information
The Supreme Pharmaceutical Chamber - no such information
Regional Pharmacy Chamber - no such information
National Health Fund - bingo! There is one list of vaccination points in clinics and pharmacies.
How is the proverbial Kowalski supposed to know that he can find the information he needs only on the NFZ website?
It should be emphasized that it was a big mistake not to introduce the provision in the Act on the profession of pharmacist that "information on the provision of pharmaceutical care is not an advertisement for a pharmacy." Therefore, pharmacies cannot inform about vaccinations, because it will be treated as prohibited advertising, which is punishable by a large financial penalty.
M.Sc. farm. Walenty Zajdel
