The Athens Medical Association said in a statement that no medical procedures can be performed by non-physicians and no medicines can be administered without a doctor’s prescription.

In particular, the UIA expresses its categorical disagreement with the decision of the Ministry of Health to administer the flu vaccine without a doctor’s prescription, since, according to the Association, the administration of vaccines is only part of a medical procedure.

In addition, he believes that there is a risk to public health, as he emphasizes that only the attending physician can perform medical procedures and evaluate side effects.

“Any medical procedure performed by non-physicians and in fact in inappropriate places where products are sold is a counterfeit of the medical profession and carries serious risks to the health of the patient,” the ISA said in a statement.

It is noted that a prescription for a flu vaccine will not be mandatory, Health Minister Thanos Pleuris said in a statement today.