Hospital professionals in Santos received a second expired dose of vaccine against Covid-19 g1 Santos The Labor Court of Santos, on the coast of São Paulo, ordered a hospital to pay R$28,000 in compensation to a former employee who received an expired dose of the Covid-19 vaccine during the pandemic. The sentence also recognized the occurrence of moral harassment and discriminatory and retaliatory dismissal against the woman. The decision may be appealed. The sentence of the 4th Labor Court of Santos established the three compensations which, together, total R$ 28 thousand. At the time of the events, the professional worked as an administrative assistant at the Nelson Teixeira Specialty Medical Outpatient Clinic (Ambesp), managed by the Instituto Social Hospital Alemão Oswaldo Cruz. ? Click here to follow the new g1 Santos channel on WhatsApp. In a note, the Instituto Social Hospital Alemão Oswaldo Cruz stated that information related to ongoing legal proceedings is only provided in the procedural records.
Hospital ordered to compensate R$28,000 for former employee who received expired vaccine against Covid-19
Hospital professionals in Santos received a second expired dose of vaccine against Covid-19 g1 Santos The Labor Court of Santos, on the coast of São Paulo, ordered a hospital to pay R$28,000 in compensation to a former...
Expired vaccine The woman was one of the professionals who received the second dose of the Oxford/AstraZeneca vaccine after the expiration date in April 2021. The city hall and the institution responsible for the health unit admitted the mistake and administered a booster dose. At the time, employees received the immunization on April 21, one week after batch 4120Z005 expired. In court, the defense of the institute responsible for the hospital stated that there was a national problem, but that Anvisa extended the validity of the batch and, even so, there was revaccination and the offer of medical and psychological support. However, the worker declared to the Court that the situation caused anguish and insecurity, mainly because she continued working on the front line of the fight against the pandemic without proper immunization for almost three months. Judge Joyce Sant’Anna Simões understood that, although there was no proof of physical damage, the situation violated the woman’s personality rights. Other complaints The court also condemned the hospital for moral harassment. This is because the professional reported verbal humiliation, humiliating reprimands, hostile treatment, abusive control of bathroom visits and racial and sexual offenses by the manager, who was dismissed from the company after an internal investigation. For the judge, the evidence demonstrated repeated abusive conduct and a violation of the worker's dignity. There was also compensation for moral damages due to the discriminatory and retaliatory dismissal. The employee claimed that she was dismissed without cause in May 2024, one day after giving testimony as a witness in a labor action filed by a former colleague against the same hospital. Although the institute claimed to the Court that the dismissal was justified by an administrative restructuring of the financial sector, the judge understood that time and the sequence of events allowed the conclusion that the dismissal was a reprisal for the author's role as a witness, with a potential intimidating effect on other employees. Requests rejected Despite the sentence, the 4th Labor Court of Santos denied other requests made by the worker, which totaled compensation of R$ 1,556,600.70, such as: Deviation of function; Overtime, time bank and intra-workday breaks; Additional hazard pay; Occupational illness. The former employee's lawyer, Alexandre Correia, stated that he received the decision “in a partially satisfactory manner”, because, according to him, the sentence recognized serious facts narrated by the client and condemned the hospital for three different conducts. Because of this, the lawyer appealed the decision. VIDEOS: g1 in 1 Minute Santos
