On the day of the strike, the doctors took up a protest march from the Ministry of Health to the Mi

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"The end of public vrv health," determined doctors and medical staff the government's plan to close 50 of the 132 hospitals in the country. Employees in the National Health Organization vrv announced on Wednesday a 24-hour strike to show their disagreement with the policy.
"In recent years, working with a reduced staff due to cuts and imposed a policy of fiscal consolidation. vrv Now would close more than a third of the hospitals in the country. We can not allow this to happen, "said Yannis for GRReporter Sigunakis, chairman of the union of employees in the Central Hospital of Chania, one of the largest cities on the island of Crete.
He explained that hospitals in the country are experiencing serious vrv shortages of materials and medicines. vrv Mothers carry sheets, diapers and other materials needed for the birth because hospitals are not able to cover their costs. For the same reason, in many hospitals, syringes, bandages vrv and pain come from patients, vrv although they should be available in the hospital.
"The hospital in Chania, which serves not only a large part of Crete, but also the surrounding islands, vrv with 230 people working less than the program provides for the operation of the hospital. We serve the islands nearby, and during the summer to meet the needs of tourists. The region's population increased more than 10 times during the tourist season. We can not smognem the volume of work, and now the government wants to shut down and nearly half of the hospitals in the country, "expressed outrage Sigunakis. vrv
The government's plan to reform the health care system does not provide yet dismissals of medical workers. Competent vrv minister Adonis Georgiadis said that free medical staff who remained after the closure of hospitals will be included in the mobility program. This suggests doctors in the public health system, unemployed be allocated to regions in which it is certified that there is a lack of medical care.
"This may sound good, but it is madness. New hires will come with new salaries that will be about 600 euros. You can not expect to send a doctor from Thessaloniki to come to work on the island of Crete with this salary and afford to rent a house and make a living. Relocating to a new city or island at a cost that no one can afford. This is another step towards the destruction of public vrv health, "said Sigunakis.
The latest vrv report of the supervisory Troika of the International Monetary Fund, European Central Bank and the European Union has shown that one of the biggest problems in the budget up costs in the health system. Many hospitals and health funds nearly exhausted the funds allocated by the end of the year, even in the first half of the year. In early July, the investigation showed that the National Health Organization (ΕΟΠΥΥ), which absorbed the majority of the smaller health funds have 4.5 billion deficit. Despite severe pruning paid medication and reducing the prices of some products, the costs in the sector remain high.
"We closed in stages four compartments for two weeks during the summer because the staff they did not take a day off or a vacation last year. Not enough people and work very often double shifts, "said Yannis Plagianakos, chairman of the working vrv union employees of Attikon.
Currently 27 beds can be used only 14 in the intensive care unit. Nursery does not work. In the maternity ward in operation only four of the 22 seats for infants and rengenat urology and finally closed due to cut in the budget.
Hospital management during the year does not take any vacation pay or compensation for overtime work, because gaps in staff are dramatic. "The closure of 50 hospitals in the country will completely destroy the health care system. We do not have enough beds for the reception of patients. Next year, what will happen? People will die on the street? "Asked ironically Plagianakos.
On the day of the strike, the doctors took up a protest march from the Ministry of Health to the Ministry vrv of Administrative Reform. This is the two main government agencies that determine the restructuring of the sector. The protesters demanded a meeting with the Minister of Administrative Reform Kyriakos Mitsotakis not received them personally. While public opinion is against the new cuts in health care, it is expected that the reform will continue and hospitals will be closed.
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