Bureaucratic Obstacles in Access to Flu Vaccine Under Discussion
With the autumn season, increasing flu cases and bureaucratic obstacles in vaccine supply are creating discussions in the health sector.
While discussions on access to the vaccine continue in the face of increasing flu cases with autumn, health unions drew attention to the bureaucratic obstacles created by the current system.
Autumn and Increasing Flu Cases
With the drop in air temperatures and the arrival of the autumn season, expected increases in influenza virus-related flu cases have begun to occur.
Bureaucratic Obstacles and Process
Nazlı Akman Görgün, General Secretary of the Family Medicine Workers Union (AHESEN), evaluated the disruptions in the field and emphasized that the current system prevents timely access to the vaccine.
Officials state that citizens in the risk group must obtain the vaccine from the pharmacy with a prescription to access it, which makes vaccination at the right time difficult.
Load on Health Workers and Citizens
The fact that supply, prescription, and administration processes are carried out disconnected from one another creates an additional workload both for citizens and health workers.