The Malta Union of Midwives and Nurses (MUMN) warned that it will tell staff at Karin Grech Hospital to refuse new admissions if the health authorities do not deploy new nurses.
In a statement issued on Monday, the MUMN said that it would introduce the directives for its members on Tuesday unless more staff are sent to the rehabilitation hospital.
The union said that ‘Karin Grech Hospital caters for highly dependent patients who require exhaustive nursing care. Having such a hospital with 45 nursing vaccines, the high burnout and huge stress on the few nursing staff in KGH to cope with the demands of the patients under their care is not acceptable in any Rehabilitation Hospital.’
Stating that such low numbers caused high levels of burnout and stress, the MUMN said the Health Division failed to replace foreign nurses who left.
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