NO SUBSTITUTION THERAPY FOR MIGRANTS IN SLOVENIA

(SLO) Par dni nazaj smo napotili pacienta v abstinenčni krizi v metadonsko ambulanto na Metelkovi - ni mogel dobiti metadona, ker ni registriran. Mar država ne more narediti začasno registracijo ali na kakšen drugi način omogočiti substitucijsko terapijo odvisnikom? Razlogi so predvsem medicinski in humani, potem tudi varnostni, epidemiološki in verjetno še kakšni drugi... Vztrajanje na "represivni medicini" je škodljivo predvsem državi Sloveniji in njenim državljanom. Tvrdokornost slovenske politike do zdravstve oskrbe azilantov in migrantov pa že postaja dramatična. Upajmo, da ne bo tudi tragična.
(ENG) A few days ago, we sent a patient in an abstinence crisis to the methadone clinic at Metelkova - he could not get methadone because he was not registered. Can the state not make a temporary registration or otherwise facilitate substitution therapy for addicts? The reasons are primarily medical and humane, but also security, epidemiological and probably some other ... The insistence on "repressive medicine" is detrimental to the state of Slovenia and its citizens. The firmness of Slovenian policy towards the health of asylum seekers and migrants is already becoming dramatic. Let's hope it will not be tragic too.