A&E medical staff at Paphos General hospital began a three-hour warning strike on Friday over staffing issues in the department, doctors’ union Pasyki announced.
The work-stoppage will take place from 9am to 12pm, the union said, adding that they will only tend to issues that are serious during that time.
The union has accused the state health services (Okypy) of making “false promises” about resolving the staffing issues at the A&E.
Chairman of Pasyki Dr Sotiris Koumas has accused Okypy of indifference in assessing the issue of the serious understaffing of the A&E.
He noted that the doctors in the department were once 12, while today there are nine, adding that even 12 is not enough.
Koumas added that they will take more severe measures if their demands are not met.
Last month, Paphos mayor Phedonas Phedonos described conditions at Paphos general hospital as “tragic, appalling and utterly shameful”.
Okypy hit back saying it refused to accept statements that conditions are horrible or that dangerous medicine is practiced there.
It conceded there are some “weaknesses” at the hospital, but that millions of euros will be set out in their budget to upgrade it.
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