- We think this pilot makes sense, but our recommendation to pharmacists is clear. In the case of a minor patient, the consent of the legal guardian should be required," Marek Tomkow, president of the Supreme Pharmaceutical Chamber, comments in an interview with Medexpress, referring to the pilot's assumptions regarding pharmacist services for reproductive health. The Health Ministry included, among other things, that emergency contraception would be dispensed without the consent and knowledge of a legal guardian to women who are at least 15 years old.
- While it makes a lot of sense to introduce a pilot that allows access to day-after contraception, pushing by force a solution in which a pharmacist will be able to issue such a prescription without the consent of a guardian for a minor patient is a misguided solution," says Marek Tomkow, stressing that this is not his personal opinion, but a position adopted unanimously by the Supreme Pharmaceutical Counci...
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