Huge row over construction works at children’s hospital

Tensions have reached boiling level over the deliberate building works at Makarios kids’s hospital, with paediatricians becoming a member of dad and mom of kids within the oncology division in voicing their sturdy opposition to plans by the State Well being Providers (Okypy).

In latest days, Okypy has confronted intense criticism from varied stakeholders, together with dad and mom, their consultant associations, medical doctors working at Makarios hospital and the Cyprus Paediatric Society.

The principle level of rivalry is that Okypy is ready to signal a contract with a building firm to begin work with out adequately informing these teams in regards to the measures to forestall potential adverse well being penalties for people receiving remedy on the hospital, notably kids.

The considerations are particularly acute for immunocompromised kids present process remedy within the paediatric oncology clinic.

In keeping with every day Politis, the associations have taken motion by sending a letter to Okypy, urging the organisation to delay signing the contract till the procedures of the interdisciplinary committee are finalised.

This committee can be answerable for figuring out and overseeing the implementation of all vital measures earlier than and through the execution of works.

Okypy has responded by stating that any selections made by the interdisciplinary committee can be translated into concrete measures, offering assurance that every one important steps can be taken to safeguard the well being and well-being of each sufferers and hospital employees.

“A very powerful factor for Okypy is to safeguard the well being and well-being of the sufferers, that’s paramount,” the organisation’s spokesperson Charalambos Charilaou informed the Cyprus Mail.

“Solely after we get reassurances that the sufferers’ well being can be correctly safeguarded, will building works be capable to begin.”

He additionally identified that when the tender was introduced, Okypy included rigorous standards within the tender paperwork that the development firm should adhere to ensure the security of sufferers, staff and people passing by means of the hospital constructing.

The spokesperson of the Alkinoos Artemiou Basis, which cooperates with the hospital, Artemis Artemiou stress the complexity of the work at Makarios hospital, which includes the development of a brand new three-storey constructing that’s anticipated to take 28 months to finish primarily based on the projected timelines.

He famous that they’ve been requesting data from Okypy in regards to the measures that can be taken to guard the well being of the youngsters hospitalised there, however haven’t but been knowledgeable of any particular measures.

The Cyprus Paediatric Society has additionally weighed in on the matter, highlighting that it’s scientifically documented that any building work in shut proximity to clinics managing immunocompromised and really high-risk sufferers has been linked to a rise in instances of nosocomial fungal infections, notably nosocomial aspergillosis, a probably deadly an infection with mortality charges surpassing 90 per cent.