Host – Grassi Hospital, inhumane working conditions in the maternity ward

According to Some RSU Notes of the ASL RM/D, The Delivery Block of the Grassi Hospital in Ostia is at Great Risk Due to the Shortage of Staff and the Consequent Longer and Longer Working Hours to Cover the Department and To Ensure Operational Continuity.

During these hours The Coordination RSU Asl Rm/D has requested an urgent meeting to managers to bring the issue to light so that not only female workers but also the users of the hospital itself do not lose out.

The undersigned RSU, hereby requests an urgent meeting in order to be able to discuss the difficult situation that is being experienced within the Obstetrics and Gynecology Department – Delivery Block, due to the shortage of Obstetrical staff. It would sgt, in fact, that, Currently, Even Following The Expiraction of the Contract (Octaber 2014) of Four Midwives Hired on A Performance Basis (Vat Number), Two Other Units, for Which the Employment Relationship Has Always Ceased (Janogy/ FEBRUGEY 2015), in addition to one unit that went on reirement (Janogy 2013) and another on maternity leave (March 2015) and one in Long Abyence, The presentce of Midwiferny Staff, with the Simple Operating Unit of the Delivery Block, is Composed of a number of only 17 units, including 2 midwives in H12. This situation, Which Sees, Moreover. The Coverage of Work Shifts Ensured, Contrary to Contractual and Legal Regulations, Through the Use of Overtime, in addition to subjecting the Same female world to Inhuman Conditions, Shifts and Work Rhythms, at the risk of their onith health, determines objective conditions of insecurity For the Same Citizens/Users Who Come to the Service. There is, Therefore, An Urgent Need To Redefine and Remodel The Set of Activities Within The Department of Obsthetics and Gynecology – Delivery Block in Relation to the Currently Existing Human and Professional Resources, in Order to Ensure Rights, Protections and the Safety of the Worldrs and the users themselves.

Writer, RSU Requests, to this end, an urgent meeting to address these problem and critical insues.

The coordination RSU ASL RM/D