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Without protection and without the necessary care of the state EKAB rescuers say they often experience extremely dangerous situations. In fact, in many cases they are called “cheating” in incidents and face verbal attacks as well as beatings, as a result of which even their lives are in danger.
Many of these incidents. take place in Rome campsAs happened on Wednesday, May 6, when an EKAB ambulance was called to go to the camp in Megara, Attica, to pick him up and transport him to the hospital. a woman in an advanced stage of pregnancy
Was all around 6:25 in the morning when the EKAB center sent a signal to an ambulance to go to the specific camp and receive the interest rate. The ambulance arrived half an hour later. “We didn’t go to camp, we called them to tell them to get out a little bit more.”, emphasizes BK, an EKAB rescuer who was in the incident and wants to remain anonymous for security reasons (his personal information is available to GRTimes).
A little later, as B.K. the interest rate reached the point one a young man who was probably his partner and an older man. “They come quickly, we open the side door, they throw their things and then the interest rate and the young man enters the ambulance, while the older man yells to go quickly to the Alexandra hospital because the woman is giving birth.” B.K. He explained to the man that there is a hospital closer to “Attiko”. However, he refused and insisted on going to “Alexandra”. At that moment I asked the center where to go and he replied “Attiko”. The same story begins again. The escort verbally attacks me, calling me stupid and I don’t understand what she is saying, “he says as he tries to explain to the escort that they must go where the center says.
“It just came to our attention then. At the same time, the center told us that if we think the incident will last until Alexandra Hospital, we will go there. Where can I find out? BK asks and emphasizes that she is responsible for these situations and that the situation becomes even more difficult with people with whom you cannot communicate.
So during all this verbal altercation, the escort gets out of the car and approaches the lifeguard without a mask. She tells him to back off. He raises his hand and slaps her. BK said the coup was not possible and that he did not want to continue dealing with that gesture at that time, as he had to remain faithful to his professional duty. At that time, B.K.’s colleague and asks the assistant if he thinks the woman will hold out and if he can take responsibility. “I am not going to Attica,” said the escort, taking the woman from the ambulance and saying, “We will go by bus.” However, the escort threats continued. “I’ll fix it for you … You’ll eat the lawsuit”he said in a heavy tone to B.K. and at that moment it hits her in the face. He takes out the interest rate, says “let’s go”, they get into his truck, they do a dangerous maneuver and disappear in the camp.
Immediate action was called directly. When he arrived on the scene, rescuers gave him a description of the car and the license plate. Like B.K. the signal was known and had reoccupied the authorities. Immediate Action entered the camp at that time but did not find the perpetrators.
BK moved legally
After the incident, BK went to the Police Department and filed a lawsuit despite fear. As he points out, there is a big gap. Complaints in your service are not filed ex officio. This means that the lawsuit is not filed by the service itself against any perpetrator, but by the person who was attacked. This is extremely dangerous because after the lawsuit, the Roma, through their lawyers, will likely take the details of the person who sued them and retaliate. “From time to time they may know where we live and everyone is always afraid of retaliation.” The truth is that I was scared, I thought about resubmitting the lawsuit but I didn’t. The next day they caught him, he went alone and now the procedures are moving normally, “adds B.K.
“It just came to our attention then. A fortnight ago, another ambulance went to Neoktista to pick up some suspected patients and as soon as they got there, they started stoning them.”
The state to come
BK believes that for such dangerous incidents there should be a state concern. “It just came to our attention then. To enter these places with any accompaniment. We are not covered. I have to enter to help the patient. Many times we enter and it is just an ambush. The state must provide us with security,” he said.
The general secretary of the EKAB Workers Union for incidents of violence.
As EKAB Workers Union general secretary Alexis Kitsopoulos states on GRTimes.gr: “In recent years, incidents of violence (verbal but mainly physical) against EKAB medical rescuers have increased during the exercise of These incidents can take the form of verbal or physical violence that greatly aggravates the psychological state of employees and, consequently, hinders the job of providing medical and prehospital care and endangers their health, but sometimes their lives. patients. “
Where does the phenomenon come from?
This phenomenon, according to Mr. Kitsopoulos, is mainly due to the intense stress and poor psychological state of the patients and their families, since every minute of waiting until the arrival of rescuers seems “century”. In fact, many times, as he says, the citizen intervenes in the rescuer’s job because he believes that he knows better his job, the rescue protocol and in which hospital he should attend to the patient.
What happened in the Megara case?
“The gentleman in Megara wanted to go to a specific hospital and tried to impose his opinion in every way. He handcuffed his colleague. The delays when they occur are due to the lack of ambulances and personnel available despite the ambitious and superhuman efforts of EKAB In Attica, p. Instead of total force per shift, proportional to population, having at least 100 ambulances is, at best, only 60-65. Delays are inevitable, “emphasizes Mr. Kitsopoulos.
He also points out that in some areas there are “uninhabited” (Zefyri gypsy camps), the attacks are accompanied by throwing objects, stoning and causing damage to ambulances. The phenomenon is common.
“Previously, the union filed a lawsuit against the head of the Athens Prosecutor’s Office, after rescuers were attacked by the Roma, who caused extensive damage to the ambulance. In fact, they literally escaped at the last minute in the middle of an exchange of shooting between anti-Roma groups in the area, “says Mr. Kitsopoulos.
The need to take measures to prevent and suppress such phenomena is urgent
The union, according to Mr. Kitsopoulos, “has presented a relevant proposal, drawn up by our legal adviser, to EKAB administrations and political leaders for the past four years. With statements, the Minister since September 2019 has announced a regulation legislation for the protection of employees in EKAB and NSS from violent acts, but no progress so far on this issue. “
In fact, the problem exists in hospitals, especially in the ICU (emergency departments) as there have been many attacks on doctors and nurses.
“Immediate steps must be taken to minimize and eliminate incidents of violence against staff,” said Mr. Kitsopoulos.
EKAB rescuers and coronaries
“EKAB rescuers with a sense of responsibility and professionalism are fighting on the front lines to deal with incidents in the corona. The recognition of their work is universal. They are called ‘heroes’. But the problems they face continue. One of them it is the attacks they are receiving, even in the form of biological actions by “outraged” citizens, concludes Mr. Kitsopoulos.
Source: GRTimes.gr
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