Patients need better protection, says the government, after a Politiken report on doctors engaging in sexual contact without consequences. The minister is ready to change the law.

The government is ready to take action against doctors who engage in inappropriate behavior

Minister for Health and Interior Sophie Løhde (Venstre) is ready to tighten the rules if current legislation isn't sufficient to address misconduct by doctors. Foto: Mads Claus Rasmussen/Ritzau Scanpix
Minister for Health and Interior Sophie Løhde (Venstre) is ready to tighten the rules if current legislation isn't sufficient to address misconduct by doctors. Foto: Mads Claus Rasmussen/Ritzau Scanpix
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It is evident that patients need better protection. That is the sentiment shared by the government and several parties in the Danish Parliament, following a report in Politiken on Sunday that described how 11 female patients had been subjected to kisses, unwanted touches, and other sexual advances from the same doctor.

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