State well being companies Okypy can be submitting a brand new proposal by Monday concerning the hundreds of thousands of euros in incentives state hospital docs are demanding, with docs saying they might not name off a 48-hour strike for the tip of the month if their calls for weren’t met in full.
Submitting the proposal was determined at a Home well being committee assembly on Thursday, attended by Okypy and commerce unions Pasyki and Pasydy.
Committee president Efthymios Diplaros stated the purpose was to seek out frequent floor to keep away from any hiccups within the well being sector.
About 650 state hospital docs, set to obtain €19.1 million over and above their salaries, time beyond regulation and allowances, to maintain up financially with their non-public sector friends, are to go on strike demanding an additional €2 million be added to that quantity, a transfer state well being companies Okypy says may value lives.
Pasyki union has introduced a 48-hour strike for the tip of the month.
Diplaros and different MPs referred to as on Okypy to make one other effort to avert the strike.
Okypy stated it couldn’t improve the quantity advised by the researcher for 2023, however said it was keen to debate a brand new settlement for 2024-2027.
Representatives of Pasyki and Pasydy stated the 48-hour strike was a primary measure, which might be lifted if a passable answer was discovered by Monday.
Okypy president Marinos Kallis stated the incentives for 2023 couldn’t change, because the settlement stipulated €2.5 million and this was the quantity that will be given.
The companies CEO Kypros Stavrides stated an unbiased researcher had been commissioned and nothing past the €2.5 million advised may very well be given for 2023.
He added that the Audit Workplace was presently analyzing the settlement to fee the researcher.
Stavrides stated that as a way to avert a strike, Okypy would put ahead a brand new proposal, which was additionally urged by the well being minister.
Pasyki president Soteris Koumas stated the commerce union couldn’t name off the strike and that, if the brand new proposal didn’t embody 2023, then it will be dismissed.
In any case, there can be skeleton employees to see sufferers, he added.
Pasydy consultant Moysis Lambrou stated Okypy’s stance was incomprehensible and that the strike would go forward, except a passable answer was given.
Well being Minister Michael Damianos stated it was vital to take care of labour peace within the well being sector and {that a} long-term answer should be discovered.
“Our proposal was that, since nothing could be completed for the financial standards of 2023, they might be paid along with these of 2024,” Damianos stated.
He added that the ministry was prepared to face up to the strike, nonetheless the purpose was to avert it fully.
MPs stated it was essential to avert a strike and never place any lives at risk, including that each side ought to meet within the center.
