Thefts and staff shortages are reported by employees of the hospital "Agios Dimitrios"

Nursing institution workers protested the recent robberies at the "Agios Dimitrios" hospital in Thessaloniki, as well as the shortages of microbiology.

The representative of the St. Demetrios Hospital Workers' Association, Dimitris Mavropoulos, reported in the last quarter six robberies related to personal belongings and to the money of doctors, even shoes.

million. Mavropoulos pointed out that the four guards in place are insufficient. Regarding the issue of lack of microbiologists said that this month the hospital would not have a microbiologist for two days of non-general guard and that, after the pressure of the Association, a doctor who had moved to the Evosmos Health Center returned to microbiology. He added that there is a shortage of administrative staff of about 50% and nursing staff of 30% and that there is only one bathroom that meets all the needs of the hospital.

The director of the unified G. Gennimatas-Agios Dimitrios Hospital, Melpomeni Tsuga, in a telephone conversation with the APE-MPA, referring to the robbery, said the guard staff is adequate but can not cover the entire spectrum. flights that take place inside the hospital and that he can not do anything in case of theft of the staff itself. "They do their best but surely if the flights are internal, by the staff themselves, they can not do anything, I can not guess, so we can not do anything about it. when I had the hospital Cover all quarters Do patrols at the hospital If we had twice the staff we could have been better supervised But with this number I think things are good to this stage "she added a.

About the staff shortage in microbiological says that there were resident shortages, which is a national phenomenon. "We have two days, July 18 and 22, when the microbiology exams of Agios Dimitrios will be covered by Gennimatas because we lack specialists, there are shortages of qualified personnel all over Greece, this n & # 39; 39 is not our problem and this leads us to cover Regarding staff shortages, she said that in Agios Dimitrios the nursing staff coverage is 80%, while for the administrative staff with this lack will be filled by two people who will come to a transfer and one with hold.

Finally, he indicated that there were toilets in the hospital, but he said that the laundry was done by an outdoor garage, adding that the problem would be solved when the big washer of the house. AHEPA would be delivered towards the end of the year, which will also serve "Agios Dimitrios" and "Gennimatas".