restlessness at the hospital Affoltern: Today is Thursday morning, the midwives inform colleagues of their work and work colleagues that you do not want to accept the redundancies that had been announced to them in January, just like that. As a particularly dreadful you feel, that in December, three midwives were employed. You have been terminated during the probationary period.

The Affected to speak of an "unfair action by the Hospital," and calling for "at least a good social plan". The Team have not met repeatedly with hospital management, an agreement was in sight. This is the trade Union SSP / VPOD announced yesterday. The midwives can now collect signatures in order to confirm your request.

cancellations this month

The layoffs are actually pronounced in March, as the hospital Director Michael Buik confirmed. "For economic reasons and in compliance with the time limit for appeal, the ordinary period of notice, and with a social plan."

The Background of this measure is that the hospital has delivered the mandate "obstetrics" at the end of January 2020. Completely voluntary, this was not The case numbers in the area were simply too small, the physicians, and the chief physician of gynecology and obstetrics left the hospital by the end of 2019, and plans to open a stationary, midwife-led birth house, has not been supported by the health Directorate.

birth house in the far distance

moved As Buik said yesterday on request, destroyed the health Directorate recently also the last hope. You have communicated in February to the request for the opportunity to apply for 2021 and again to a performance contract, that there was no occasion to reconsider last year's decision.

"So the prospect of a birth house is now a long way away," says Buik. If you go to the theme again until 2023. At least then you could offer to the midwives, consequently, no tasks anymore, for they are specially trained.

Created: 05.03.2020, 07:46 PM