In an effort to alleviate congestion and cut back ready instances in public hospitals, Gesy will start providing beds to sufferers in non-public hospitals.
Beginning Monday, non-public hospitals inside Gesy will present the state well being providers organisation (Okypy) with two to 3 beds per day. This measure goals to alleviate overcrowding in public hospitals and shorten ready instances in emergency rooms.
“The well being system is beneath stress, and there are important delays within the accident and emergency departments, significantly in Nicosia. Nevertheless, all non-public hospitals inside Gesy in Nicosia have responded positively to the request, growing the obtainable beds by 12 to 18 per day,” Well being Minister Michael Damianos mentioned in an interview with Trito.
The settlement will stay in impact till the tip of February.
In the meantime, Paphos Common Hospital skilled flooding for the third time this winter. Regardless of the well being minister’s request to Okypy in early November to deal with the difficulty, no motion has been taken to date.
“There’s a price range allotted for this objective, and it’s time for the organisation to take the required steps to resolve the issue,” Damianos mentioned.
