Four Alberta doctors are suing the provincial health authority and its president over its mandatory workplace COVID-19 vaccination policy.
The physicians filed a statement of claim last Friday in the Calgary Courts Centre.
The doctors — two rural family physicians, a Calgary anesthesiologist and a Calgary pediatric neurologist — allege that, by requiring them to get vaccinated against COVID-19, Alberta Health Services (AHS) is engaging in a conspiracy to commit assault.
“Any medical procedure performed on a patient without their informed consent amounts to assault,” the statement of claim says.
The vaccination requirement applies to all workers at AHS, Alberta Precision Labs,
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