At the limiting point is the work of many NHS hospital laboratoriesdue to their severe understaffing. Web Compatibility Lab at Hagia Sophia Children’s Hospital it is expected to have only two staff members in the coming months, which could lead to the loss of the certificate, while the pathology department good hospitaldue to understaffing, biopsy results can be delayed by up to five months.

Representatives of the children’s doctors of “Agia Sophia” are planning a protest action in the courtyard of the hospital next Monday (13:00) demanding the recruitment of staff in the Department of Immunology-Histocompatibility, which is the Center for Children’s Immunology and Reference Center. Center for Primary Immunodeficiencies in Greece. “Every child diagnosed with leukemia, every child with a deficiency in the immune system and every child who is about to have a bone marrow transplant must undergo specialized tests in the department,” they note in their statement.

However, due to numerous layoffs, laboratories are threatened with a suspension of work. “Only two doctors and two biochemist biologists will remain in the department. Out of eight technologists-preparers, three remained, and out of three medical staff – one,” the representatives of the doctors state.

In addition, the Web Compatibility Lab risks being understaffed to lose the European Web Compatibility Society certification for the reliability and validity of test results. When he got his certificate, he worked with five people. In a few months it is planned to leave the biochemist and the technologist, who at the same time cover the needs of other laboratories. Physicians are looking for at least two physicians, one biologist/chemist with experience in molecular techniques, two technologists and one nurse for full-time employment.

The shortage of staff was recorded both in the pathological and cytological departments of the hospital in Nice. The Pathology Department, which performs more than 15,000 biopsies a year, has three permanent physicians and one assistant in five organizational positions. Due to the volume of cases, a request has already been made to increase the organic positions to seven in order to avoid delays in biopsy results of up to five months. And the cytology department, according to the Athens-Piraeus Hospital Physicians Association, is in danger of closing as the only doctor retires in two months.