Concentration outside the health ministry Today they have been protesting for the transfer of pediatric, gynecological-trait clinics and departments from the hospital “Atticon»At the hospital”Saint Barbara“(Former infectious).

“We are moving on to today’s mobilization because the government has thrown a dangerous firework, on the basis of which to solve, supposedly, the problem of the races we are shouting and protesting for ten years at the Attic Hospital, the solution he has thought about is to carry it to the infectious They argue, ”says George Sideris President of the Association of Workers in Atticus and the Athens -Piraeus Hospital Doctors Association (EINAP) -which covered the mobilization with a work stoppage.

“We believe that, first, this is a mockery, we have been asking for years to reopen the infectious, and not just to be transferred to ready -made clinics from one hospital to another. Secondly, we believe that this measure is a degradation of pediatric care and dangerous. Because a child cannot, a pediatric patient, a newborn, a lex, a woman can cope without the other medical specialties. Whether they relate to laboratories or magnetic tomographs, or support from cardiologists from surgeons, “Mr. Sideris emphasizes and adds:

“Thirdly, if the government wanted to solve the problem of the races in Attica they would hire as we have been missing for at least 2 years missing, it would open the closed wings that exist in the hospital and would boost primary health care”

Yiannis Tsimpoukis, a specialist in Obstetric Gynecology at Atticon Hospital, speaks of a substantial degradation of “our clinic, obstetric – gynecological and her work. Incidents that are being carried out so far will not be able to be handled in the new hospital they want to take us, such as oncology, such as high -risk pregnancies. “

As he explains, “the Department of Pregnancy Pathology will be closed without the help of other specialties, the training of specialists will be reduced, as we will restrict the incidents we will take. And in total without other specialties, such as surgeons, urologists, physicians, cardiologists, we will not be able to function as a surgical specialty we are outside of Attica. It is not right for obstetric gynecological and neonatal unit to leave Attica because it will not offer the services it offers now, so its work and work of these clinics will be degraded. “

The announcement of EINAP

In its announcement, EINAP states:

The Board of Directors of EINAP categorically disagrees with the legislation incorporated by the General Hospital. West Attica – Agia Varvara (formerly infectious) as a decentralized administrative unit in Attica Hospital. We demand no employee not to move from the Nice Hospital to the infectious.

Regarding the plans announced through the mouth of the Minister of Health A. Georgiadis and relate to the transfer from Atticon to the infectious Pediatric Clinic, the Gynecology Clinic, the Maternity Hospital, the Children’s and Neonatal Unit, the Pediatric Surgery for the Pediatric Surgery for the Pediatric Surgery Pediatric care and a dangerous measure as evidenced by a number of documents from doctors of pediatrics and obstetrics – gynecological clinic with scientifically documented positions.

If the government really wants to solve the issue of ranks in Atticon it must proceed to:

Reopening the infectious as a modern public free fully developed hospital with its own organization.
Strengthening Primary Health Care with the development of all necessary structures with exclusive funding from the state budget.
Recruitment of permanent staff of all disciplines and specialties.
Opening the closed wings of the hospital (eg urology).

The Board of Directors of EINAP supports the mobilization of the Ministry of Health on Wednesday, May 14 at 13:30 and to facilitate employees a 3 -hour work stoppage (12:00 – 15:00) for the same day.