A general practitioner from Outreau (Pas-de-Calais) is summoned on Friday before the disciplinary chamber of the regional order of doctors for having consulted in July 2021 the vaccine file against President Emmanuel Macron’s Covid-19, a-t- we learned from this body and from the person concerned. “I am accused of breach of medical secrecy but I did not reveal anything, I privately learned of the information which was not secret since the president was vaccinated, it was notorious, and that he is It was information that you presented to any security guard between June 2021 and August 2022”, explained to AFP Dr Michaël Rochoy, confirming information from the Point.
What sanction for the doctor if he is found guilty?
The regional council of the order of physicians of Hauts-de-France also confirmed the holding of this hearing Friday afternoon but without wishing to give details on the merits of the file. According to him, the decision could be made within six to eight weeks. If found guilty of breaching the code of ethics, the physician risks a warning, reprimand, suspension or expulsion from the order of physicians.
Dr. Rochoy claims to be very committed to the protection of medical secrecy
A pro-vaccination and pro-wearing mask activist during the Covid-19 crisis, Dr Rochoy explains that he discovered after receiving a patient in July 2016 who did not have his vital card that he could obtain his social security number. on the National Health Identity teleservice. The social security number then allowed him to access his vaccination file against Covid.
The doctor then tests this procedure with the name and date of birth of Emmanuel Macron, “not out of curiosity but to check the technical feasibility and warn of the risk, for the 2022 presidential elections, that the vaccination status of the candidates will be broadcast on forums,” he said.
In the president’s file, he notices a difference between the date of vaccination mentioned and that made public by the presidency. An error that he reports to the Elysée. “I point out to them that we can (as a health professional, editor’s note) access all vaccinated patients and that there is a discrepancy which could harm the image of the president and the vaccination”, reports. -he. Dr. Rochoy claims to be very committed to the protection of medical secrecy and emphasizes that the health insurance has not lodged a complaint against him.