PAIDOKARDIOCHEIROURGIKO CENTER Aghia Sophia: stopped in infants INTERVENTION BECAUSE OF GAPS AND MEDICAL STAFF HOSPITAL!

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(Title) Infants with severe heart disease are at risk because they can not undergo the scheduled surgery because of inadequate medical and nursing staff Paidokardiocheirourgiko Center Children’s Hospital” Aghia Sophia ».

The Paidokardiocheirourgiko Center, “Aghia Sophia” – the name “National Response Centre for major cardiac Children (EKASKAP) – is a unique public health system, but is under suspension because of shortages of medical and nursing staff. The dramatic warning doctors do six of the first Paidokardiocheirourgikou Department with a written report to the governor’s Hospital “Aghia Sophia” and the commander of the 1st Health Region, which shall notify the Minister of Health, Marilisa Xenogiannakopoulou. According to reports in recent days have been postponed two scheduled cardiac catheterization in infants with severe heart disease, and will soon require cardiac surgery three other newborns. However, as describing pain doctors, the Department Paidokardiocheirourgiko unable to cover these events and staff affected by fast.

The EKASKAP is the only public health system and established from the following sections 1 Cardiology, 2 Cardiovascular and 1 kardioanaisthisiologiko. Despite chronic shortages, such as stress, doctors report them to the EKASKAP made in 2009 by 60% more operations than in 2000. “From the beginning of 2010, there were doctors, the Center has weakened the medical and nursing staff as a result be unable to meet the growing needs of small heart disease patients. From the January kardioanaisthisiologoi two left and two other auxiliary anesthetists are empty (or one sick and one at birth).

So the days of surgeries decreased from four to two and five days hemodynamic one. “This situation puts both the lives of some patients at risk of waiting for surgery, the other to induce them to resort to private treatment centers paidokardiocheirourgika (keep in mind two such cases) and of course handles are derogatory and defamatory comments in our hospital,” warns doctors and ask the hospital administration and the Ministry of Health to take immediate steps that the Centre not to suspend its operation.

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2-7-2010

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