Final Tuesday, 11.26% of the nursing employees in public hospitals was on sick go away, maternity or parental go away, whereas an extra quantity was on regular go away. Which means that round 460 out of three,000 nurses throughout Cyprus weren’t at work.
The Home Well being Committee yesterday examined this phenomenon in public hospitals but additionally methods to exchange workers who’re absent for a very long time.
OKYPY spokesman Charalambos Charilaou mentioned that because the downside is well-known, each time the group will rent folks, it takes wants into consideration and provides one other 25% in order that no gaps will probably be created. As he indicatively mentioned, if we’d like 1,000 nurses, we take 1.250. He additionally identified that since 2019, greater than 380 nurses have been employed.