THERE IS no evidence doctors are issuing fraudulent sick leave forms, says president of the Barbados Association of Medical Practitioners (BAMP), Dr Carlos Chase.
Addressing a Barbados Employers’ Confederation (BEC) panel discussion on Sick Leave – The Employers Plight vs The Employees Right, held yesterday at the Lloyd Erskine Sandiford Centre, Chase said BAMP had no knowledge of such behaviour but was willing to work with anyone who had evidence to the contrary.
“The allegation of doctors writing excessive, unnecessary or questionable sick leave certificates has been bandied about but there is no evidence of it. People say things, people whisper things but we have not seen evidence that ‘this sick certificate has come from Doctor X’.
“We need concrete evidence; action against a doctor in this matter has to go through the regulatory body – the Barbados Medical Council – the disciplinary arm which in law controls all doctors,” he said. (CA)
