Not doctor’s orders GPs hold firm on exemption letters

Irish doctors are refusing to give people exemptions from wearing masks, saying the risks from Covid-19 of going without one are too high.

HSE guidelines say that all adults, except those with special needs or breathing problems, should wear a mask, but confusion arose when it emerged one patient was advised by the HSE to complain about her GP to the Medical Council because she was refused an exemption.

This story ran in The Sunday Times (Ireland)  September 2020 

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