The federal government is to create a paramedics’ registry, Well being Minister Michael Damianos mentioned on Friday.
Talking to the Cyprus Information Company, he mentioned the invoice will “safe” the career, including that it has been “significantly requested” by paramedics themselves.
“There’s an settlement between the events, as a result of the career is being secured for the longer term,” he mentioned.
The invoice will likely be put earlier than cupboard on Wednesday, the ultimate day earlier than the deadline which had been set by paramedics for a invoice to “defend” their career to be authorised on the specter of refusing to work extra time.
Paramedics had initially deliberate to refuse to work extra time this week, however Cyprus ambulance crew paramedics affiliation chairman Michalis Arestis mentioned on Sunday that he had acquired written assurance from Well being Minister Michael Damianos that such a invoice is to be “imminently” introduced earlier than cupboard.
Then, he mentioned, it is going to be despatched to parliament for a vote.
“The minister managed to ship us a letter in writing saying that the processing of the invoice by the authorized service has been accomplished and that he has it unofficially in his hand,” he mentioned, including that Damianos had assured him that he’ll formally take receipt of the invoice on Monday.
Paramedics had initially mentioned they might refuse to work extra time between Monday and Saturday in protest at what they describe because the “steady understaffing” of the ambulance service.
Commerce union Isotita had mentioned understaffing “severely undermines public security and threatens the standard of the emergency pre-hospital care companies supplied”.
“It’s time for the state to behave responsibly in the direction of paramedics and in the direction of the general public who the paramedics serve each day with selflessness and professionalism. We anticipate speedy actions from the authorities to resolve our honest calls for,” it added.
Moreover, it mentioned, there have been “unjustified delays” in recruiting new personnel and in making a registry for paramedics, including that the scenario is presently “insupportable”.
“We’re decided to proceed with any mobilisations required till we’re vindicated. We hope for a right away and substantial response from the authorities, in order that we aren’t led to any additional escalation of our measures, with no matter this will likely entail for the right functioning of the well being system,” it added.
