The present state of affairs within the intensive care unit (ICU) of the Nicosia common hospital treating sufferers with coronavirus is just not on account of understaffing however due to workers absences on account of Covid-19, spokesperson of the state well being companies organisation (SHSO) Charalambos Charilaou instructed CNA on Monday.
In response to Charilaou, state hospitals have been treating on common round 220 sufferers with Covid-19 each day and anticipate to see additional stabilisation or doable discount in numbers throughout the coming days. He stated the state of affairs is manageable.
Responding to the calls earlier at the moment by nurses’ union PASYNO and the nurses department of PASYDY civil servants’ union, for a immediate resolution to the understaffing issues confronted within the Nicosia common hospitals’ ICU treating Covid sufferers, Charilaou stated the problem doesn’t concern understaffing. He stated that there’s a variety of nurses who’re absent as a result of both they’re constructive for coronavirus or as a result of they’re shut contacts or as a result of they’re on parental depart as a result of their youngsters are sick or are shut contacts and this creates varied issues.
The hassle of the Organisation, he added, is to strengthen as a lot as doable the hospital departments which current any issues. He added that SHSO, that runs public hospitals, has additionally given an incentive for time beyond regulation compensation.
“In a time of disaster all of us must do our utmost to have the ability to reply adequately and we thank the nurses for all of the superhuman effort they make,” Charilaou concluded.
The 2 unions stated earlier in an announcement that their members working on the Nicosia common hospital`s ICU treating Covid-19 sufferers went on an impromptu protest final Friday as a result of understaffing downside but in addition the truth that the unit has been exceeding its capability recently.