By: J.S., STA
A doctor who has downplayed the severity of the coronavirus epidemic has been censured by the Medical Chamber’s ethics committee, which will now hand the case over to the chamber’s prosecutor, who may initiate follow-up proceedings.
While the committee admitted in its recent decision that every citizen has the right to freedom of expression, it has said that internal medicine specialist Matjaž Figelj “must realise that his publicly expressed opinions on the medical profession carry far greater weight and responsibility that statements by the lay public, and may significantly affect the public”.