The Employers and Industrialists Federation (OEB) criticizes the Ministry of Health for threatening hospital closures due to nurse shortages, urging immediate action to prevent closures.
The Employers and Industrialists Federation (OEB) has expressed serious concern over the Ministry of Health’s recent threats to suspend operations of private hospitals due to insufficient nursing staff.
OEB highlights that the shortage of nurses has been recognized for years, but no effective measures have been implemented. Instead, the Ministry’s approach risks closing private hospitals, with significant consequences for patients, staff, and the health system.
OEB, in consultation with its member hospitals and the Pancyprian Association of Private Hospitals, has called for practical solutions to address the staffing crisis but reports that no measures have been adopted.
OEB urges the Ministry of Health to take responsibility: either facilitate the recruitment of nurses to keep hospitals operational or accept the closures. The responsibility for either outcome lies solely with the State.
