The former vice chairman of the curia of doctors in Vienna, Naghme Kamaleyan-Schmied, was elected as the new chairman during a curia meeting on Monday. She succeeds Erik Randall Huber, who announced his retirement in the wake of the rows in the Curia.
“I would like to thank the Curia members for their trust and am convinced that from now on we will work constructively in the interests and interests of our colleagues,” said the GP, who had already temporarily taken over the post last Wednesday.
Resigned after the Equip4Ordi scandal
Huber had previously announced his resignation on October 6. The ex-chairman revealed the accusations against the purchasing platform Equip4Ordi (E4O). This is an outsourced subsidiary of the Curia of Resident Doctors. What followed was a conflict with Johannes Steinhart, president of the Vienna Medical Association, who also had to defend himself against accusations.
General practitioner Kamaleyan-Schmied has been working as a representative in professional politics since 2017. “Our involvement and focus as a curia is now on the upcoming negotiations on the health insurance contract and on other important professional policy issues, on which we will now work with great commitment,” she said in a press release.
‘We need fair health insurance rates quickly’
The new first deputy in the Curia, Paul Schönfeld, also formulated this goal: “We need fair health insurance rates quickly to make the profession more attractive to young colleagues,” said the 44-year-old. It is also important to “improve the preconditions in health insurers, so that family and work are compatible”.
Source: Krone
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