The procedures for the restructuring and autonomy of public hospitals are in the final stages, says the Minister of Health Filippos Patsalis, noting that if the relevant bill is submitted to the Parliament in June, the goal is the full implementation of its provisions for the start of first day of 2016.
Mr. Patsalis visited today the Limassol General Hospital, where he had a meeting with the medical and nursing staff, informing about the developments in the issue of restructuring and autonomy of public hospitals, while recording the problems faced by the public hospital of the city. "Very good discussion, many useful views were heard, I think we had the opportunity to explain many things that are not so easy to convey to health professionals", said in his statements the Minister, expressing the opinion that any reservations have been lifted " "Because there are answers, special studies have been done on what the next day after the restructuring will be like", while pointing out that "no one is going to lose their job, all labor rights will continue to exist for the workers". with the recent agreements made with SESIK, PASYKI, SEK and PEO"We will be able to go to the next best day", adding that tomorrow he will have relevant meetings with the nurses' unions. "I believe that major obstacles have been removed through these agreements and we are moving fast towards the completion of the bill, the discussion in "(Joint Staff Committee) and the MEE (Joint Labor Committee) on the issues of hourly wages and PASYKI and to get the bill in Parliament in June, with the aim of voting and passing to implementation in 2015", he added. Parliament, he continued, will need a restructuring period of 6-9 months and stressed that "the goal will be January 1, 2016 and although it is difficult to implement within this short time, we want to win exactly, the beginning of autonomy to be from the first year because it has many administrative and financial benefits. "Referring, moreover, to yesterday's approval by the Council of Ministers of the new system of vigils and In the public hospitals, the Minister of Health stated that this ensures "all that we agreed with both SESIK and PASYKI regarding the overtime of public doctors, as well as how they will be made and what changes will be made. "With the passage of the bill of autonomy, from this day of the vote, they will be able to proceed and be implemented, they will be able to apply and the decision has been taken by the Council of Ministers and is considered final and this is considered ensuring that these problems have been resolved ", stressed Mr. Patsalis, adding that the overtime plan will apply retroactively from January 1, 2015.Source: KYPE