Health minister faces legal action over swine flu

20th November 2009

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Ewa Kopacz, the country’s embattled health minister, has been threatened with legal action over the government’s alleged lack of preparation to deal with an expected outbreak of swine flu.

The government has refrained from stocking up on vaccine for the A/H1N1 virus, purchasing just enough to cover only a small percentage of the population, prompting Janusz Kochanowski, the citizen’s rights ombudsman, to threaten to sue Mrs Kopacz.

“If by Monday the situation has not changed in terms of specific actions the Minister of Health will on Monday will be prosecuted on suspicion of breaking the law under Articles 165 and 231 of the [Polish] Penal Code. We are not joking. The jokes are ove ...

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