Overwhelmed COVID hospitals in Hungary: Civilians are being recruited
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Volunteers would take 3-4-hour-long training before assisting medical staff in hospitals.
The third wave of the coronavirus is sweeping through Hungary, causing immense problems for doctors and nurses who are getting more and more exhausted due to the high number of patients in need of medical attention. The lack of personnel for this amount of infected patients is further complicating the situation.
Hvg.hu reports that the Regional Organisation of Győr-Moson-Sopron County that belongs to the Hungarian Medical Chamber announced on Sunday afternoon on their Facebook page that they are
looking for volunteers without any medical background to help to care for coronavirus patients in intensive care units.
“There is a huge overload in every coronavirus intensive care unit in almost every hospital. There are few nurses; moreover, they are all exhausted. This will further intensify in the upcoming weeks. We do not know how long it will last or how many more waves will come.
Motivated, trustworthy, and disciplined non-professionals trained for specific tasks would mean an immense help when caring for patients in Covid-19 units,”
they said.
The organisation created a training program boosted with a practical part that has already been tested. They say that a 3 or 4 hour-long training is sufficient to acquire the basic knowledge needed for these tasks. However, they emphasise that this training does not give a professional qualification, nor does it replace qualified nurses. Furthermore, the Chamber adds that they cannot guarantee for everyone who goes through with the training to be employed by a hospital.
Picking on my country when the hospitals in the whole of Europe are overwhelmed, some are much worse than others is not a very nice think to do.
I have seen a couple of hospitals and they are coping very well thank you.
There is no shortage of staff at all.
Where do you get your information from? I wonder. I think I know.
I would ask where your information comes from. Of course there is staff a shortage. Nearly 5000 healthcare staff resigned due to their new contracts. That dictates that there are nearly 5000 fewer workers. Also, if they’re coping why ask for volunteers?