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Written by: Chen Shuxia
2020-02-03 23:59
Last updated: 2020-02-04 00:52The front of the Hospital Authority, which requested the Hong Kong Government to complete the customs clearance, refused to accept the government's announcement today (3rd) of the expansion. After a public meeting with the Hospital Authority in the evening, the union is still divided, announcing the breakdown of the negotiations, and will start the second phase of a 4-day strike tomorrow, saying that there are 9,000 medical responses, and it is not limited to non-emergency services. The union criticized the bureau for inaction and urged the government to join the negotiating table.
The Hospital Authority said that 2,700 employees went on strike today, acknowledging that it had a significant impact on services. In addition to non-emergency services, it also involved intensive care units for newborn babies, emergency rooms and isolation wards, etc. Some cancer patients failed to undergo surgery. Colleagues are expected Change your mind and return to work.
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2700 Strikes Newborn Baby Intensive Treatment Nurses Not Working
The Hospital Authority's Director of Network Services, Yang Yinggang, said at a press conference tonight that the first phase of the HA staff strike had a wide-ranging impact, involving more than 2,700 employees, including 370 doctors, more than 900 nurses, and about 1,000 full-time medical staff. Wait.
He pointed out that in addition to non-emergency services, there were also emergency services that were affected by the strike of individual employees. There was a hospital intensive care unit for newborn babies. Nearly half of the nurses were absent from work and needed additional staff to be on duty. He said there were 88 babies in the hospital, of which 22 were admitted to the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) of newborn babies, but only half of the nurses were left to take care of them. Some isolation wards are understaffed and need to be scaled down, and others are closed due to lack of emergency department. In addition, surgery for cancer patients and chest and lung surgery needs to be postponed, and Tung Tsai surgery is also involved, which needs to be halved. The hardest hit areas include Kowloon Central, Kowloon West and New Territories West Network.
More than a hundred participating nursing staff are on guard at the HA building and expect to speak directly with management. (Photo by Luo Junhao)
Lin Zheng expands the front of the staff of the hospital without receiving goods
The staff of the Hospital Authority launched a first-stage strike today. Chief Executive Lin Zheng Yue'e also held a press conference on the same day to further expand partial customs clearance. However, the union stated "not to accept the goods." The trade union was invited to meet with the HA in the evening. Hundreds of doctors who participated in the strike arrived in the HA building to support and participate in open dialogue. The labors have been waiting for a long time, the management has not yet allowed them to show up, and the sentiments are turbulent, and both parties finally agreed to talk directly in the lecture hall.
Luo Zhuoyao, deputy chairman of the Hospital Staff Front, asked the bureau not to visit the garden, and immediately responded to two major appeals, including whether to promise not to settle accounts after the fall and to openly pressure the Hong Kong government to promote a comprehensive customs clearance. Gao Shengsheng, the Chief Executive Officer of the Hospital Authority, pointed out that he had expressed to the government the urgency of reducing the flow of people from the Mainland, and believed that his statement was not much different from that of the trade unions. "But at the point of handling, I really know it. I am only a medical staff." The audience immediately clamored, urging them to avoid the issue of comprehensive customs clearance.
Tonight, there were employees of the Hospital Authority who participated in the strike and received a warning letter from the Ministry of Human Resources.
It is said that the staff of the Hospital Authority involved in the strike received a letter from the Bureau's Human Resources Department urging them to return to their posts. Strike employees refer to warning letters, fearing they will settle accounts after the fall. (Online picture)
Gao Shengsheng repeatedly refused to respond positively to the employees' demands for "comprehensive customs clearance" and was applauded. (Photo by Luo Junhao)
Talks broke down in just 20 minutes between union and high-level dialogue
The negotiations lasted for 20 minutes, and eventually no consensus was reached. Yu Huiming, the chairman of the union, announced that the negotiations had broken down, and officially announced that he would enter the second stage of strike. The medical team left. Vice Chairman Luo Zhuoyao said after the meeting that the Hospital Authority was inaction and incompetent, and the CEO even claimed that the situation of "seal customs" is unknown. Therefore, "even the seals have a meaning that is ridiculous, so ridiculous, everyone knows it." He said that the government must join the negotiating table to resolve the current situation.
He also believed that the government could not be held responsible for the serious lack of resources of the Hospital Authority, but Chief Executive Lin Zheng Yue'e unilaterally refused to communicate, ignored public opinion, and discredited the union, showing extreme anger.
The negotiations lasted for 20 minutes, and eventually no consensus was reached. Yu Huiming (front left), the staff member of the Hospital Authority, announced that the talks had broken down and formally declared a second stage strike. (Photo by Luo Junhao)
Unions say strike will limit hospital's ability to provide limited services
Luo Zhuoyao said that the union will launch a four-day strike tomorrow, and more than 9,000 employees are expected to respond. Public hospitals can only provide limited services. Tomorrow's union will petition in the Hospital Authority building, strike medical care will also submit petitions in a streamlined manner, and sign in to the leading hospital in the network. If the Hong Kong Government still does not receive a reply on Friday, it will not be ruled out to upgrade the action, including cooperating with other trade unions. Act.
During the meeting with the media, the Chief Executive Officer of the Hospital Authority, Gao Shengsheng, was asked whether he had conveyed the "comprehensive customs clearance" opinion to the government. However, he did not respond positively, but emphasized that he had studied the epidemic prevention methods and objectives with the government more than once. Medical experts communicated that the common will is to reduce the flow of people from the Mainland to Hong Kong by all means. He disagreed with the union's statement and needed to express his opinions to the government through an open letter, emphasizing that he had communicated closely with the government through different channels.
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Gao Shengsheng: The same ship calls for a change of heart
Gao Basheng bluntly said that he did not feel that the labor-management meeting was a negotiation because everyone faced common difficulties. Unanimous, but he did not respond to the chief executive's criticism that the participating health care had resorted to extreme means.
The trade union will launch a second stage strike tomorrow, Gao said that it is impossible to estimate the situation tomorrow, and called on the public to pay attention to major media news, will deploy colleagues to complement each other, and will deploy services according to importance and priority. Some strike employees received pressure from their supervisors and were asked if they would be accounted for after the fall. He stated that he was aware of the situation and reiterated that the HA had no overall policy to require sanctions and would deal with them in accordance with established guidelines.
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