It is not suspended after all, from next Monday, February 12, the operation of regular surgeries at “Aglaia Kyriakou” Children’s Hospital, as decided by hospital surgeons.

The doctors’ decision was made on the condition that, within the next few days, they will be announced by urgent procedure the three available positions for anesthesiologists.

The hospital’s surgeons had announced that they would stop scheduled operations from Monday due to a lack of staff and especially anesthetists.

The Ministry of Health is moving doctors from other hospitals, while at the same time announcing three positions of qualified doctors for the anesthesiology department.
In particular, as announced by the Administration of the 1st Health Region (HPE), a doctor, Director of Anesthesiology, NHS branch, will be transferred from G.N. CORINTH, to cover the needs.

also appointed to participate (3) Doctors from PEDON “PENDELIS” in the On-Call Program of the Department of Anesthesiology G.N.A.P.A. “Sunday Q&A”

At the same time, a request has been submitted for the announcement of three positions of qualified doctors in the NHS branch, for the anesthesiology department, to cover the already vacant positions and the position that will be vacated.

It should be noted that the “P & A KYRIAKOU” Children’s Hospital has eight operating rooms, of which three are operational.

The announcement of the surgeons in detail

“EXTRAORDINARY MEETING OF THE SURGICAL DEPARTMENT OF GNPA “P. & A. KYRIAKOU” REGARDING THE OPERATION OF ROUTINE SURGERY

Following the actions of the Administration of the Children’s Hospital “P. & A. Kyriakou”, of today’s document from the 1st Health Region regarding the availability of medical staff specializing in anesthesiology to cover the on-calls of the Department of Anesthesiology from the Penteli Children’s Hospital, the movement for 15 days of an anesthesiologist from the “Agia Sophia” Children’s Hospital and the temporary transfer of an anesthesiologist from Corinth Hospital, today’s meeting of the Surgical Department, following a proposal from the Anesthesiology Department, decided:

not to suspend the operation of regular surgeries from 12-02-2024, on the condition that, within the next few days, the three available positions of medical anesthetists will be announced with an urgent procedure. The Surgical Department will meet within the next 15 days to assess the situation and decide on further actions

Yours sincerely,

Anna Malisiova
Director of the Surgical Department”.