Grand Council AI Innerrhoden reorganizes medical examinations at schools
Following intensive discussions, the Innerrhoden cantonal parliament unanimously approved a new regulation for school medical services on Monday. Schoolchildren can now be examined individually by private family doctors or pediatricians.
24.06.2024, 15:06
SDA
Several school doctors in the school medical service want to resign from their posts. According to the Professional Ethics Committee (government), several doctors opposed the previous system of serial examinations at schools. An amendment to the ordinance means that individual examinations by doctors will also be possible in future. Schools can choose which system they want to use.
Doctors no longer feel comfortable with the current system of serial examinations, said Grand Councillor Angela Koller (Schwende-Rüte) during the debate. They have to assess children within 15 minutes who they may never have seen before.
"I notice that the Grand Council is not prepared to fundamentally question the system and completely reorganize it," said Koller. In her view, the screening tests should be dispensed with completely. Erich Gollino (Appenzell) would also have preferred a complete change of system.
"Pragmatic approach"
Grand Councillor Daniel Brülisauer (Schwende-Rüte) opposed voices that fundamentally questioned the school medical service. He said that schools had a duty to provide every child with access to health services.
Monika Rüegg Bless, Head of the Department of Health and Social Affairs, emphasized that the proposed mixed system was not without courage. A pragmatic approach had been chosen that gave schools a choice. None of the school doctors had fundamentally questioned the benefits of school medical examinations.
