‘Most Disturbing’: Doctors in Quebec Forced to Vaccinate to Keep Practising

‘Most Disturbing’: Doctors in Quebec Forced to Vaccinate to Keep Practising
Quebec Premier Francois Legault speaks at a news conference at the legislature in Quebec City on Sept. 23, 2021. The province has postponed mandatory vaccination for health-care workers until Nov. 15 due to the impact it will have on services. Meanwhile, Quebec’s college of physicians says all doctors must be vaccinated or have their licences suspended. The Canadian Press/Jacques Boissinot
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Quebec doctors who are not vaccinated for COVID-19 will be prohibited from practising, the province’s college of physicians has announced, leading some physicians to decry the move as going too far.

On Sept. 29, the day prior to the announcement, Collège des médecins du Québec (CMQ) published an “important” notice on its website to remind its members that “no examination, treatment, or medical intervention, required or not by the health status of the individual, can be accomplished without the free and informed consent of that individual.”