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Written by: Zheng Cuibi
2020-11-12 15:13
Last update date: 2020-11-12 15:14
Under the new crown pneumonia epidemic, the "Hospital Authority Staff Front" launched a two-stage strike in early February this year, and made demands for "closures".
In October, the Hospital Authority sent a letter to the medical nurses involved, describing them as "absent from work" and asking for an explanation. However, it has not announced how many medical nurses it has sent letters to.
When the Secretary for Food and Health, Chen Zhaoshi, responded to the enquiries of Legislative Council members, he said that the HA was aware that about 7,000 employees did not go to work on different days between February 3 and 7 this year. The HA had already started in early October. Send letters to relevant employees regarding their absence from work.
In addition, when the HA and senior government officials talk about incidents, they generally do not describe them as "strikes." However, in Chen Zhaoshi's reply today, he described the incidents as "industrial actions" and "absences."
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Legislative Councillor Li Guolin, who has announced his resignation, raised a question about the health care strike. The Director of the Food and Health Bureau, Chen Zhaoshi, replied that “The Hospital Authority learned of the union’s proposal to initiate an industrial action at the beginning of this year,” but subsequently changed the name to “HA It is learned that about 7,000 employees did not go to work on different days from February 3 to 7 this year." There are differences in the description of the incident.
Chen Zhaoshi stated that the HA had sent a letter to the relevant staff regarding the absence of the relevant staff in early October, "Ask them to confirm whether the date of absence in the letter is correct and to understand the reason for the absence." The HA is currently sorting out Regarding the response, there is no breakdown of the employee's grade and the reason for the response.
She pointed out that the Hospital Authority will act in a fair, reasonable and legal manner in accordance with legal opinions and relevant personnel regulations.
When the HA and senior government officials talk about incidents, they generally do not describe them as "strikes." However, in Chen Zhaoshi's reply today, he described the incidents as "industrial actions" and "absences."
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"Industrial actions of some HA staff are not in the interests of patients" such as a 50% reduction in scheduled surgery
She said that the medical professions sticking to their posts are the cornerstone of ensuring the effective operation of the public medical system. "From February 3 to 7 this year, the industrial actions of some HA staff were not in the interests of patients and severely affected public hospital services." For example, the HA hospital clusters must cut 50% of scheduled surgery, 25% of general outpatient funding for occasional patients, chronic patients need to postpone follow-up dates, and cut about 50% of physical therapy and occupational therapy outpatient services .
Newborn infant intensive care unit, intensive care unit, cardiothoracic surgery, isolation ward, emergency ward, and even some hospitals’ cancer treatment (including chemotherapy, radiation therapy, cancer surgery), and Tong Bo’s services were all affected by the lack of staff at the time. Degree of influence and postponement.
She pointed out that as an employer, the HA has always had established mechanisms, personnel regulations, and staff codes to regulate and handle employees' behavior and discipline.
If violations of the staff code and/or personnel regulations are found, the HA will follow up the relevant personnel regulations and legal opinions very seriously and rigorously, and deal with them in a fair and just manner according to the mechanism.
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