The Seimas will urgently consider a proposal to compensate for the health damage of vaccines

Parliamentarians have decided to consider as a matter of urgency a draft drawn up by opposition “peasants” to oblige the state to compensate for the damage to human health caused by the side effects of vaccines. During the submission procedure, 47 members of the Seimas voted in favor of the draft, none against it, ten abstained. One of the initiators of the project, former Minister of Health Aurelijus Veryga, said that if the amendment was adopted, compensation could be claimed by people who have suffered serious side effects. “Here we’re not talking about just redness at the puncture site or a slight rise in temperature, we’re talking about complex reactions that cause a person to go to hospital or have some long-term consequences. They are very rare and we believe that there is no need to create any new mechanism now, that the no-fault compensation mechanism and the fund that exist will suffice. It is still unpaid and the current one is unused, “he said. The draft proposes to change the definition of imminent harm so that such harm is not considered to be a serious adverse reaction to a vaccine when the vaccine is included in the pediatric preventive vaccination order by order of the Minister of Health or is intended for vaccination against infection according to its summary of product characteristics. quarantine at national level “According to Veryga, the creation of preconditions for compensation for the side effects of the vaccine would encourage people to become more vaccinated against COVID-19. “In our opinion, this would contribute to a certain confidence-building process and show that the state does not try to shirk responsibility, and in the extremely rare cases where such damage occurs, a person will not be left alone, will have some financial guarantee and will be safer,” he said. he Antanas Matulas, Chairman of the Seimas Health Affairs Committee, was surprised that A. Veryga did not take this initiative when he was the Minister of Health, and she was born only after becoming a member of the opposition. Conservative Linas Slušnys, a member of this committee, argued that the project could set a bad precedent. “It is very well known that the use of neuroleptics and antidepressants also has side effects, but so far I do not see anywhere that the law provides for compensation for the damage caused by the side effects. Psychiatrists, however, treat, and the harm is not compensated for. Informed but not remunerated. I’m not talking about the treatment of cancer patients and the side effects they experience. In principle, I cannot agree just because we are opening a certain Pandora’s box, “he said. According to the State Medicines Control Agency, a total of 4,301 initial reports of suspected adverse reactions related to the use of COVID-19 vaccines were received in Lithuania from the start of vaccination on 27 December last year to 30 June this year. According to the service, in June alone, 37 reactions were classified as severe, including cases of myocarditis, peripheral facial paralysis, thrombophlebitis – inflammation of the superficial veins with local superficial-vein thrombosis, shingles, and drug-toxic liver damage .In order to obtain compensation, doctors should establish that the human reaction was caused by the vaccine. Reproduction of BNS news agency information in mass media and websites without the written consent of UAB “BNS” is prohibited.

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