The problems faced by the haemodialysis patients of Famagusta province with the failure to upgrade the space and machines at the Famagusta General Hospital were discussed on Thursday during a meeting of the Parliamentary Health Committee.
During the session, complaints were heard regarding understaffing of medical and nursing staff, the age of machinery and shortcomings in the facilities of the Dialysis Unit at the Famagusta General Hospital.
Specifically, the nephrologist at Famagusta General Hospital Dr. Chrysoula Pipili said that all the machines are old, while she noted that on March 10, a machine stopped while a patient was being dialysed.
The Famagusta Hemodialysis Association complains that a dialysis machine at Famagusta Hospital has exceeded its guaranteed operating limit.
AKEL MP, Marina Nicolaou, said that members of the Health Committee heard the cry of anguish from both doctors and nurses working at the dialysis unit.
"We heard," he said, "that the issue will only be resolved when the Minister of Health himself takes responsibility to reveal all that has not been done during the entire time that our fellow kidney patients have been facing such serious issues."
He also noted that the Health Committee has made commitments to discuss the problems affecting kidney patients in their entirety.
DIKO MP Christos Seneces said that the problems in Famagusta province for dialysis patients relate to understaffing in medical and nursing staff, the age of machinery and shortcomings in facilities, as presented and confirmed by the only nephrologist at the Famagusta hospital, Dr. Pipili.
She noted that the situation as presented "is more than tragic and turns the dialysis patients of Famagusta province into second class patients".
He called on the Ministry of Health and the OCYPY to act immediately to address these problems and save lives.
DPA MP, Michalis Yiakoumi, said that he had registered this issue himself on February 3, 2022.
"I mention the specific date because for about 1.5 months now, instead of the problems of these chronic patients being resolved or at least the relevant bodies getting involved towards solving some of them, they are swelling daily," he said.
As he noted, "once again, unfortunately, it has been proven that the knot has to be tied at the end, even endangering the lives of patients, in order to find practical solutions that refer to the provision of medical care, which is appropriate in a modern European state."
He assured that his party will closely monitor this issue and the course of developments, because, as he stressed, "Health is the supreme good, which must be preserved in every way, as the apple of the eye for every human being."
Source: CNA
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