The condition of the hospitals in the region is pathetic

Many hospitals in the country are collapsing, and often, Medical associations warn of pathogens, staff shortages And of course they are Risks The situation is in the medium term For patients.

Known as hospitals in earlier days Bella and “Venizelio” in Crete Routine surgeries have been suspended.

Yes, Health Minister Michalis chrysocoides He had recently visited Crete and promised to proceed immediately with the recruitment of personnel so that regular operations could resume at the “Venizelio.”

In a recent study, Panhellenic Federation of Employees in General Hospitals (POEDIN), recorded hundreds of problems faced by hospitals in Northern Greece.

now, Medical Societies of Lamia and Arta Hospitals Broadcasting an SOS, nursing agencies in both cases, according to them, are in imminent danger of collapse.

Insurmountable problems at Lamia Hospital

As stated Lamia Hospital Doctors Association (ENIL), today Operation of the hospital It is based solely on the application of laws leading to “orders”, ie Forced awarenessUsing its principle as a cover Public health protection.

«The few remaining doctors are forced out of their specialty and medical profession using legal gimmicks for their legal protection.“, underlines ENIL.

Actually as they say the hospital management consulted 5 people^The The Health Region (MPH) recently decided to place 3 of the 4 ICU intensivists with anesthesiologist specialties on standby concurrently with the department’s only anesthesiologist to provide a total of three shifts in the anesthesia department.

In particular, doctors complain:

• In the first 16 days of the month, the department’s anesthesiologist has done 10 on-call shifts while he has to do 9 standby shifts.
• 9 On-calls, except those in their department, will be made by the intensivists-anaesthesiologists of the ICU and will remain undisclosed for another 6 days, for the time being, by an anesthesiologist.

In fact, doctors are an example Public awareness on Saturday, October 14Where:

The Emergency Department (ED) was closed 2 Specialist Obstetricians-GynecologistsResponsible for surgical cases and one Pathologist is responsible for pathological cases only for 2 months.

The pathology clinic has a manager who is the director-patient specialist 30 patients have been admitted to the hospital.

Additionally, the emergency room may not:

• A pulmonologist in a hospital with more than 20 patients,
• neurologist,
• Urologist and
• ENT

So, Monday the 16th of October Pulmonologist, neurologist, urologist and ENT doctors are not on duty.

TEP is closed A general surgeon referred me to the surgery clinicIn the monthly schedule of his clinic, two specialists (cardiology and surgery) were called.

In this way, doctors opine that they weaken the call of the surgical clinic, while at the same time abdicating any legal responsibility.

«Is there a lawyer or litigator in this country who knows the laws regarding the operation of TEP, safe administration of anesthesia, if a clinic is available to treat and specialize patients, providing an anesthesiologist if possible? Should have done 10 shifts in 16 days, if a doctor can call more than 30 patients, if a hospital can function with less than 50% of the prescribed medical staff, if someone can interfere in the functioning of departments – units. (Surgery, Pathology, Cardiology, Paediatrics, Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Orthopaedics, Neurosurgery, Vascular Surgery) to cover gaps where his organizational position makes him jointly responsible with his superiors.“, doctors wonder.

Patients at Artas Hospital are outside the basic safety limits

For a crumbling hospital, this one Downgraded to Health CenterSo says his three-member team of doctors Orda Hospital.

According to experts, All summer The Department of Radiology Orda General Hospital Worked with 2 resident doctorsdone 13 and 14 shifts each Covering the entire morning operation of the department, both meet the fatigue limits, but exceed the basic safety limits for patients.

In call plans with vacant days, the The solution given by the administration was to transfer the patients to a private lab for X-raysUltrasound, etc., which pose risks to their safety and life.

Now, the The radiology department works closely with a radiologist And it is clear that this makes the entire hospital operation unsafe.

Surgical Hospital Since May 2023, it has been operating in a limited capacity even after the retirement of doctors and without specialists, and as a result, a surgeon has been on duty for months without an assistant, whose surgery is flawed but dangerous, primarily for patients.

Pathology Hospital It is only a matter of time before it can no longer cope with the needs of the district.

«On the one hand, the hospital needs more than the planned 32 beds, reaching an average of 60 hospitalized patients daily, and on the other hand, the shortage is forcing doctors to resign. Fatigue“, opined a three-member panel of doctors.

Pulmonary Medical CenterApart from the University Hospital of Ioannina, the only one in the wider area, Lefkada, Preveza, Etoloakarnania, 3 pulmonologists for many years, without specialists and the inability to prepare safe monthly awareness programs.

Artificial kidney segment Been working with 2 doctors for many years.

Psychiatric Hospital Now there are 3 experts and 10 calls each. Doctors are on call 10 days every month, just like other clinics in the hospital like obstetrics.

It still doesn’t work Mediterranean anemia prevention sector for more than 2 years Due to rest.

«Our hospital covers a large area, not only the mountainous province, but also the neighboring districts (Lefkada, Preveza, parts of Idolokernania) and for many years one third of organic positions have been empty.“, the doctors emphasize in their report.

Doctors They request the Ministry of Health to immediately notify all vacant organic posts and direct recruitment with fixed qualifications and incentives of doctors for employment in hospitals in the province, as well as permanency of auxiliary staff and contract workers.