Aleksandras Alekseičikas-Kirinovas, a psychiatrist who said he had "treated" LGBTQ+ people during the Soviet occupation and later defended the practice in public interviews, has been fired from the Vilnius City Mental Health Centre.
Alekseičikas-Kirinovas also admitted that he still consulted patients about "helping" gay people and that he saw it as a disorder. In an interview with LRT.lt, the psychiatrist also referred to the LGBTQ+ community as "undeveloped" and spoke of female and male souls.
The Lithuanian Bioethics Committee recently ruled that the psychiatrist had violated work ethics by making such statements.
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"The issue has been discussed for a very long time, there have been many different meetings. However, he did not cooperate with the Ethics Committee or with the community of the institution," Martynas Marcinkevičius, the centre’s director, told LRT.lt.
"Nobody questions the doctor's professional abilities, but in addition to professional requirements, the doctor is also subject to high ethical standards," he added.
There had been further ethical breaches, including in communication with colleagues and patients, according to Marcinkevičius.
Alekseičikas-Kirinovas previously said his words had been misinterpreted.
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