Nurses at the Larnaca general hospital called a six-hour work stoppage at 8am on Saturday after order came late Friday for the sudden transfer of four nurses to the Famagusta hospital, they said.
Speaking for the striking nurses, Andronikos Andronikou told CNA, that instead of staff being reinforced at the Larnaca hospital, they came last night at 22:00 with a dictatorial order saying that this morning four people had to leave to reinforce another hospital.
“This cant happen. Larnaca hospital has been depleted of nursing staff,” he said, adding that if there was no positive response today, they would escalate measures from Monday.
Andronikou said the only staff on the wards during the six-hour stoppage would be security personnel. “No nursing care will be provided and nurses will only respond to emergencies and the medication of patients.”
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