Nurses will maintain a piece stoppage outdoors public hospitals on Thursday to protest understaffing, union representatives introduced on Tuesday.
“For a yr now, even after signing the settlement stating a scarcity of 138 nurses at hospitals, Okypy has made no strikes in direction of resolving something,” Pasyno spokesman Theodoros Petelis stated, including that the organisation’s spokesman now claims there isn’t any understaffing.
The stoppage can be from midday to 1pm and can embrace nurses who’re members of Pasydy and Pancyprian nurses union Pasyno.
Talking on CyBC radio, Petelis known as Okypy’s declare that there isn’t any situation of understaffing in public hospitals alarming. He recalled {that a} yr in the past, the identical organisation had agreed that hospitals have been about 140 nurses quick.
“The letters we despatched to the organisation mentioning stated understaffing have remained unanswered, which is why, along with Pasydy, we have now been pressured to proceed with this stoppage as a primary protest measure,” he added.
The putting nurses wish to present the general public that what they’re going by means of as staff can’t proceed, and mirror what’s going on at state hospitals immediately, Petelis additional defined.
He stated Okypy’s officers have turn into unreliable and indicated that if the issue just isn’t resolved different measures can be introduced.
Thursday’s protest is not going to disrupt the operating of hospitals as solely off-duty nurses and those that work in departments that don’t have an effect on affected person providers will take part.
“Our purpose is to not additional burden the scenario, however to enhance well being and security for the employees and consequently the standard of the providers we offer to our sufferers,” he concluded.
He added that there have been complaints from the federation of affected person associations (Osak), for the reason that sufferers themselves are complaining in regards to the understaffing of departments when it comes to nurses.
“The general public themselves are shouting, demanding correct and high quality providers from the organisation,” he stated.
Head of Pasydy’s nurses department Prodromos Argyridis echoed Petelis’ statements, including that with their stoppage, nurses intend to “ship a message of dedication, that we are going to not be taking this any longer”.
Argyrides additionally advised reporters that based on info Pasydy has, the positions that must be stuffed are literally over 170.
In the meantime, Well being Minister Michalis Damianos stated he was assured Okypy will within the subsequent 24 hours submit a proposal to deal with the problems regarding the nurses.
Additionally talking to CyBC, he stated it’s crucial for the 2 sides to have intensive consultations in order that the problem might be resolved as quickly as doable.
He confused that the reality lies someplace within the center, acknowledging that there’s a normal lack of nursing employees in Cyprus and that issues can be higher if there have been extra nurses obtainable.
Quizzed on potential options, the well being minister stated that caregivers could also be employed to cowl the gaps, which can be Okypy’s place on the matter.
He additionally stated that some nurses who carry out administrative or different duties might return to medical work, acknowledging that somebody who has been performing different duties for ten years can’t be pressured to return to medical work.
