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Story: Anger over EC medical data-sharing scheme

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Cracking a walnut with a sledge hammer

Apart from the infringement of human rights and invasion of privacy, this wonderful sounding idea will, if it is IT successful, result in a massive expenditure of taxpayers funds on the infrastructure and the wages of hundreds if not thousands of operating staff just to cater to the infinitely small number of travellers within the participating states.
Far easier would be for persons travelling abroad to be able to get a re-writable CD loaded with the necessary medical information from their GP.
Compatible programmes would need to be in place throughout participating nations. CDs could be updated every time medical treatment was accessed.
And, above all, this is outside the authorised scope of the EC.

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