Wave of layoffs at Gynecology Schwarzach – salzburg.ORF.at
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The fact that after Tamsweg (Lungau) the gynecology department at the Schwarzach Hospital (Pongau) is now also struggling with staffing problems among the doctors is causing uncertainty in Salzburg and also anger in politics.
Obstetrics and emergency care can currently be secured at the hospital in Schwarzach, emphasized the spokesman for the Cardinal Schwarzenberg Clinic on Tuesday.
However, there have already been several restrictions on planned interventions in the past. On the one hand due to staff shortages due to the CoV pandemic, and consequently due to long-term sick leave.
Primary and three senior physicians leave
Now it should be determined whether there will continue to be reductions in elective – i.e. planned – interventions due to the tense personnel situation. In addition to the primary, three senior physicians have resigned.
The hospital has already advertised positions for specialists or senior physicians and assistant physicians in gynecology on its website. The Schwarzach Hospital is the second largest hospital in the province of Salzburg – almost 1,200 babies are born here every year.
Staff turnover in gynecology for a long time
In any case, there are several reasons for the terminations of the three senior doctors and the primary doctor, one of them being the high stress caused by the tense personnel situation in the pandemic, according to Schwarzach.
However, there has been a staff turnover in gynecology for a long time. The doctors and the primary who have now resigned will work in the coming months, but still for the hospital. The primary, for example, does a lot of work, according to the hospital spokesman.