The numbers refer to the number of doctors staffing the Accident and Emergency Departments (AEDs) of public hospitals, following the declaration of a work stoppage by the PASYKI, do not correspond to reality, said on Tuesday the spokesman of the OCYPY, Pambos Harilaou. In a statement to CNA, he pointed out that "responsibility must be attributed to those who give wrong numbers for the staffing of the PACs."
In a communication between CNA and Mr. Harilaou, the spokesman of the OCYPY said that there is no question of understaffing and that the numbers given to the public are not correct[/B] regarding the staffing of the ICUs."PASYKI's statements said that the ICU at the Limassol General Hospital is staffed by eight doctors, while it is staffed by 13 doctors. For the CICU at Nicosia General Hospital, they say it has 11 doctors, while it is 18." Harilaou said, explaining that if some of the doctors are absent on rest or sick leave, this is not a problem of understaffing.
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"When we go out in public, we should tell the real numbers, and not numbers that do not correspond to reality, either because we have incorrect information, or deliberately to cover up whatever we do," he added, adding that in the case of the three-hour work stoppage declared by PASYKI, the labour code was not observed. "We were not informed about the work stoppage except through the media and we did not have the necessary time to discuss it," he explained. Harilaou and added that "we can't call it a spontaneous work stoppage every time it happens, and it even concerns the most nerve-wracking department, the ICU, where people whose lives are in danger end up."
Meeting of OAI and doctors' unions on Wednesday
[/P]Mr. Harilaou noted, moreover, that for days the OCYP has called a meeting with the doctors' guilds, both PASYKI and PASYDY, for tomorrow, Wednesday, at which, he said, all issues concerning doctors will be raised and answers will be given to any questions raised. He wondered "what is the feasibility of the doctors going on a work stoppage a day before the scheduled meeting with the management of the organisation."
Asked if the development with the work stoppage will make it difficult to hold tomorrow's meeting, Harilaou replied that when there is good will and intention, everything is resolved at the dialogue table. "When you come up for dialogue with aphorisms and name-calling, both about the board members and the management team of OKYPY, then I think things are likely to get more difficult," he noted.
Still, in response to a question about the inconvenience experienced by many patients in the ICU due to the wait, Mr. Harilaou said that "any problems that exist in the ICUs, which we have acknowledged, are not just about staffing, but there are many parameters at play." In particular, he referred to the timely arrival of the specialist doctor on duty, the rapid completion of the case examination in the ICU, and the timely discharge from the wards during morning hours in order to empty beds and transfer patients from the ICU who need admission.
"The Agency has developed a plan for these and the guilds are aware, and actions have been taken to improve conditions in the ICUs for the benefit of patients," he added, stressing that proper staffing of the ICUs with doctors is among the priorities, nursing and other staff, as well as to have all procedures in place for the timely and rapid processing of cases, in order to reduce the waiting time and stay of patients in these departments.
Besides, as Mr. Harilaou explained, "the team that has undertaken to implement these actions includes the directors and head nurses of the ICUs of all the hospitals" and concluded that the OKYPY is open to suggestions from either doctors or nurses.
In closing, he also mentioned preparation in view of a possible new wave of COVID-19 pandemic. "Regarding the previous waves of the pandemic, the staffing in the short-stay clinics was done by requisitioning doctors from the state," he explained, adding that now "the OCYPY has arranged for services to be purchased with agency funds to staff the short-stay clinics with other doctors, so that the doctors of the TAPs do not take on this responsibility and can do their job."
Source: CNA
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