this summer the hospital risks paralysis

PADUA – The holiday plan of the nursing staff and gods health and social workers from Ulss 6 Euganea it is currently “sustainable” without forgetting that the obs ranking is close to expiring. The Uil Fpl union reiterates the age-old problems of the summer period caused by staff shortages and respect for turnover in Padua healthcare companies. «The ranking of the OSS expires in July and we are worried about the holiday plan – explains Stefano Tognazzo, provincial secretary of Uil Fpl – Ulss 6 Euganea out of a list of 500 people he called 154. While the hospital company called 190 out of 302 people on the list. If the ranking is not extended, there is a risk that, due to turnover and dismissals, even sudden ones, a staff hole will be created in the middle of the holiday period, just when we are already in a tight spot, causing inconvenience to citizens who need care. . The ranking of nurses will be released in the middle of summer.”

Obs, what does he do in a hospital

The OSS is an indispensable figure within healthcare companies as he mainly deals withdirect assistance to people, providing sanitation interventions. «In these last years characterized by the pandemic, the OSS staff is exhausted by the shifts and the workload – continues Tognazzo – another concern refers to desertification in the OSS courses. In Cittadella, 12 people were needed to start the course and only half of them showed up.” To extend the ranking, the intervention of the Region is required. «Given the red budgets of healthcare companies, a regional intervention is needed – adds Mario Ragno, Uil Fpl regional secretary – in other regions the rankings have been extended and this obviously does not resolve either the shortage of staff or the unattractiveness of the jobs . The union asks the Region to extend the rankings and for the healthcare companies to make a plan immediately, in order to foresee turnover for the whole year”.

Summer holidays and staff shortages

Sifting through the 2024 holiday plan of Ulss 6 Euganea, which has the aim of guaranteeing all employees the consumption of summer holiday days equal to 15 continuous days for the entire period June-September, in some departments the sustainability of beds is guaranteed with additions of staff recovered from remodulations of other departments, remodulations of the activity, hiring and collaborations. The most critical area is the emergency room which requires hours of purchasing of services to cover shifts. At the Schiavonia hospital, the operational units of general medicine, multi-specialist medicine and geriatrics are supported with the hiring of five nurses. As regards Week Surgery, compared to the current 30 beds, from 17 June to 15 September only two places will be available for remodeling of beds in the surgical area. At the Piove di Sacco hospital in the Surgery-Urology operational unit from the current 25 beds for the period July-September there will be a change of four fewer places for a total of 21 places available.

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