translated from Spanish: UC health network accused of refusing to screen trans woman

The Santiago Court of Appeal declared an appeal for protection against the UC Christus Health Network filed by the Movilh to be admissible after a trans woman was refused blood tests. As the LGBTI lawyer, Paz Becerra, reported, the health network refused to analyze the blood “of our representative”, putting as a condition, “in an illegal and arbitrary way” that the woman discloses her name and legal sex of birth, even though it is no longer her i for any purpose.” Having a new identification and identity, always maintaining her RUT, it is not necessary to request documentation that corresponds to the scope of her private life,” she explained. violates the dignity, the right to equality and non-discrimination, due process and its psychic integrity, all rights guaranteed in the Fundamental Charter, in all its forms,” he added. For his part, the representative of the Movilh Health Area, Diego Ríos, stated that “the action of the UC Christus Health Network is openly transphobic and invasive and has no practical justification. Apparently they would like to carry a cadastre or “blacklist” of trans people, which is unpresentable. The Gender Identity Act is clear: the name and legal birth gender of trans people must remain in strict reserve after their identity changes.” From the Christus UC Health Network, meanwhile, they ensured that care was never denied. Through a public statement, the institution said that “such health care was not performed in our premises and the referenced blood samples were never sent to our clinical laboratory.” The only information we have about this case is the consultation we received – verbally and via mail – from the Hospital Sotero del Río regarding the protocol of our institution regarding name changes, to which they were informed that the general procedure in these cases is to request an old identity card, new certificate and court decision, the provenance of which is analyzed on a case-by-case basis at every opportunity where modification of personal data is required in the clinical file,” said the Christus UC Network. The institution further added that “this procedure is followed by all patients who have a change of legal name, such as in cases of adoption or change of surname, as we have an obligation to verify identity to safeguard the security of the and be assured that the analysis, diagnosis and treatment resulting from any care is effectively delivered to the person who requires it.” The admissibility of the appeal was decreed by the President Primera Sala of the Court of Appeals of Santiago, Dobra Lusic Nadal and by the ministers Leopoldo Llanos Sagrista and Elsa Barrientos Guerrero. It should be recalled that the Movilh filed a similar appeal against the Sotero del Río Hospital for engaging in similar practices. Since the Hospital held the UC Christus Health Network responsible for what happened, other Thursdays are also demanding reports from the UC lab.

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