Union warns of overcrowding at Athalassa

The Athalassa psychiatric hospital is facing severe staff shortages and overcrowding, jeopardising the safety of both patients and employees, trade union Pasydy warned on Friday.

“We are not talking about a theoretical staffing problem. We are talking about wards operating at 150 per cent of their capacity and colleagues who are called upon daily to care for patients in conditions that should not exist in a modern hospital,” the union said....