Doctors’ head sends letter to women doctors denying having criticised them

The president of the Czech Medical Chamber, Milan Kubek, has written to the country’s female doctors, saying that, contrary to stories in the media, he had not criticised their work. Mr Kubek was reported to have told the lower house’s health committee that women’s work was inferior to that of men and that ‘feminisation’ was the second biggest cause of the crisis in the health care system. But in the letter sent on Wednesday he told his female colleagues that he had only criticised the shortcomings of doctors who threaten the standard of health care in the Czech Republic. He said he had also just pointed out that some branches of medicine were more attractive to women.

Meanwhile, the Association of Contract Physicians has called on Mr Kubek to resign over the matter. In a statement, they said they were shocked by the medical chamber head’s comments about female doctors, and demanded that he apologise.

Author: Rosie Johnston