Health Union seeks support for technical workers, more protective equipment

The Union Health Federation is demanding that Fiscal Emergency Pack include other hospital workers like drivers, cleaners, and other technical workers.

The chairman of this union, Blerim Syla, has said this part of the workers is very disappointed. Syla has said she's trying to get this group of workers involved in the package, but she's facing deaf ears, reports Online Economy.

I am disappointed that the government has not taken into account the demands of the Union Federation that, apart from doctors and nurses in Pako, be involved with other staff supported by cleaners, drivers, and technical workers. Health is an extensive chain not only involving doctors. I have warned the minister and prime minister on duty to do everything possible to get this group involved, but I have found myself in deaf ears, Syla said.

He has also spoken of efforts by the Union to provide necessary protective provisions for health workers. Syla said she doesn't have enough doctors, but there are professionals who are doing extraordinary work at this time of pandemic.

As for managing the situation, Syla said all health workers since the National Institute of Public Health and Infectious Clinic are on the front lines.

We don't have enough, but we have professionals and they're doing their job, but here we're looking for a collaboration with the population that should help us. The situation is well managed by health workers from the Institute of Public Health and the Infective, Syla stressed.

He has said concern over the lack of safeguard clauses has been forwarded to the health minister, Arben Vitita. Syla said this situation is expected to improve, since a container with U protection equipment is waiting NICEF.

Syla, said they are monitoring the 24-hour job to provide health workers with food and protective measures.

So far, the supply is not satisfactory, but we are hoping that the first container of U aid coming. NICEF and other organizations. Something the ministry has bought, but at the moment it is not satisfactory. In progress from day one and a week before the pandemic broke out in Kosovo we have appealed to the Ministry of Health and focused on protecting health workers. Initially, we're customs-oriented at our dots where our teams were. We're putting together 24 hours to provide food and contribute with our tools for protective measures, Syla added.

Among other things, Syla stressed that they have consistently addressed complaints to the Kosovo government regarding the supply of equipment and tests, in order to start testing health workers.

It's always been complaints, but we're trying to address these complaints in the right place, but it's taking responsibility is a lack of equipment. I've asked the friendly states to provide us with more tests because that's also vital. Health workers” should start testing, Syla said.