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Written by: Chen Xiwen
2020-08-13 19:55
Last update date: 2020-08-13 19:55The epidemic continued. About 10 representatives of the Hospital Authority’s staff front petitioned in the ground floor lobby of the Hospital Authority Building. They were dissatisfied with the government and the Hospital Authority’s epidemic prevention policies and asked the management to open a dialogue. The Chairman of the Staff Front, Yu Huiming, pointed out that the government is worried that the precedent for exempting mainland inspectors from registering to enter Hong Kong for laboratory tests will be set, which will undermine Hong Kong's professional medical system. He also pointed out that the main reason for the real limitation of the number of tests in Hong Kong is the lack of equipment and laboratories with equipment. , Not understaffed.
The union also criticized the HA for failing to implement the work-from-home arrangements for its employees and exploiting some employees to apply for the HA's anti-epidemic allowance. They expressed disappointment that the management was not invited to meet with the staff front today.
Several representatives of the staff front of the Hospital Authority, together with representatives of the Physiotherapist Workers Union and the Speech Therapist Federation, went to the ground floor lobby of the Hospital Authority Building to petition at 3 pm today (13th) until 3:30 pm. The management did not show up for a dialogue. Yu Huiming, chairman of the staff front of the Hospital Authority, expressed disappointment and criticized the bureau’s lack of sincerity, indicating that it would not rule out further industrial actions in the future.
Yu Huiming claimed that about 10 representatives of the staff front of the Hospital Authority had petitioned in the ground floor lobby of the Hospital Authority Building. They were dissatisfied with the government and the Hospital Authority's anti-epidemic policy and asked the management to open a dialogue.
The Chairman of the Staff Front, Yu Huiming, criticized that the Hospital Authority had not expressed opinions on the government's exemption from registration of mainland inspectors to enter Hong Kong for laboratory tests. He was worried that the establishment of a precedent would undermine Hong Kong's professional medical system and also have the opportunity to involve unqualified personnel. Medical work. Yu Huiming said that the main reason for limiting the number of laboratory tests in Hong Kong is the lack of equipment and laboratories for equipment, not the shortage of manpower.
Cao Sujie, the front-line chief of BGI's Hong Kong "Fire Eye Laboratory", said earlier that 600 testers are needed to work in Hong Kong. Liang Qiwei, director of the Staff Front, who is a medical laboratory technologist, said that different provinces in the Mainland have different requirements for the qualifications of medical laboratory technologists. At present, I don't know which province the 600 Mainland testers come from and question whether they have professional qualifications and laboratory knowledge.
The labor union also pointed out that the Hospital Authority has not implemented the "work from home" arrangement, and many colleagues in non-clinical departments still need to return to work in the hospital, which cannot effectively reduce the risk of hospital flow and infection.
A spokesperson for the Hospital Authority stated that he understands that employees have different opinions on handling the epidemic, and has opened different platforms and hotlines to listen to employees' concerns, and take follow-up and improvement measures for individual work areas. The Hospital Authority will continue to communicate frankly and exchange measures to respond to the epidemic with its staff.
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