No 612
Monday 4th April - Sunday 10th April, 2016
By Staff Reporter Unions representing medical workers have denounced the health department and the Torrevieja hospital for failing to provide adequate cover during one of the busiest times of the year, Easter week. In a combined statement, the CC.OO, UGT, Usae and Cemsatse unions say that they warned the department before Easter of a pending state of collapse in the service, but no action was taken to increase front-line or administrative staff, resulting in some patients waiting up to 48 hours for admission.
Moreover, the hospital were dealing with eleven patients who had to be cared for in isolation, although six of them were only protected by curtains, and two of those were showing signs and symptoms of flu, thus risking transmission to other patients. The unions are demanding the reopening of recently closed intensive care units and the provision of the staff necessary to cover these areas and the hospital in general, as all roles in the hospital are working over capacity, including doctors, nurses, support and administration staff and even in the local store rooms where the logistic division responsible for the provision of supplies is unable to cope with demand.
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Unions Denounce Torr e vie ja Hospital