Sweden's National Assembly of Health Professionals position on health care for undocumented migrants
Sweden's National Assembly of Health Professionals, the Vårdförbundet, issued a message to the Swedish Minister of State stating its opposition to the government's policy of blocking access to health care for undocumented migrants.
The medical professionals state that denying healthcare contravenes the codes of professional ethics that apply to Sweden's midwives, biomedical scientists, radiographers and nurses who have pledged to continue complying with the principle of human dignity and providing healthcare on equal terms and on needs. These medical professionals have vowed that the right to health, as guaranteed in international conventions, will always take precedence over national laws and regulations that contravene the principles. The Vårdförbundet's National Assembly strongly urged all parties in the Swedish Parliament to assume their responsibility so that people without papers and those in hiding throughout Sweden may gain access to health care on the same terms as the rest of the population.
Source: www.vardforbundet.se
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