The Association of Roma Lawyers - ZPR Skopje and ADDR Sonce - Tetovo, strongly condemn the gross violation of the rights of the patient-citizen of the Municipality of Delchevo and the public stigmatization and raising the level of impatience towards the Roma community in the City of Delchevo by the Public Zdra Delchev "- Delchevo and its legal representative - Director Dr. Marija Gligorovska
Namely, the director of the PHI Health Center "Goce Delchev" - Delchevo Mrs. Marija Gligorovska, on 12.08.2020 gave a statement on the Internet portal "delcevo365mk", on the occasion of the first person infected with Corona virus Covid 19 in Delchevo. In her statement the director He clearly emphasized that it was a person of Roma ethnicity and that there were several people who were in contact with the patient, and he explained that with "Their psychosis is a little different when one gets sick, they are all together."
We consider that such a statement of the director is inadmissible, unethical and unprofessional, because it immediately alludes to segregation and stereotyping of the Roma community as a whole.
The term psychosis used (by a medical professional), as a characteristic of the citizens of the Roma community, directly stigmatizes that community and characterizes it as citizens who have a disease for inability to distinguish what is real and what is unreal or imaginary.
Any natural and legal person whose behavior causes a violation of privacy and the right to personal data protection is subject to sanctions in accordance with the law, said in a statement by the Association of Roma Lawyers - ZPR Skopje and Association for Democratic Development of Roma SONCE - Tetovo
