HOSPITAL CANCELS NIGHT SHIFTS TO FIT INTO LABOR ACT AMENDMENT|一例一休衝擊 竹山秀傳停部分夜診.週日停診

The effect of the 1 fixed day off and 1 flexible day off day policy is increasingly felt by the public across economic sectors and among them. A hospital in Nantou's Chu Shang township announced that starting this month, several specialties will no longer offer outpatient services during night time, and the entire hospital will no longer open on Sundays. The hospital said that among several response measures, cutting operating hours is the least disruptive. In an announcement by Chu Shang Show Chwan Hospital, starting from Jan., it has canceled outpatient services on the night shifts of the department of Internal Medicine and Surgery, department of Obstetrics and Gynecology and traditional Chinese Medicine. Services on Sundays are canceled, too. Seeing the announcement, the public find it not convenient to see a doctor in the coming days. ==OUTPATIENT== We live nearby and we need the service but you cancel it. We have free time in the evening because we are farmers. We have more free time (to see a doctor). Yes, that's right. (Is cancellation of the services inconvenient for you?) That's right. Chu Shang Show Chwan Hospital has been the only medium-sized hospital in the Zhuoshui River area, a key hospital for promoting medical services in rural areas. However, in response to the introduction of new laws governing days off and to meeting the requirements of Labor Standards Law, the only option for now is to reduce outpatient services on some departments, with the other two options including increasing manpower and reducing salaries. ==HSIEH HUI-LUNG Chu Shang Show Chwan Hospital Superintendent== Increasing manpower is out of the question because it is quite difficult to hire medical staff in rural areas. As to salary reduction, I think it has a huge impact on the hospital as well as the staff. Thus, among the options, the reduction of outpatient services is the only way to begin with. Private hospitals have to take into consideration operating costs, including not only the medical staff but employees in every department, according to the Hospital. The cost for personnel is higher than expected and the hospital won't be able to afford it accordingly if the outpatient services and attendance services remain the same. It is already short of medical staff and tries to move them to morning shifts. The impact on the outpatients needs further assessment. TRANSLATED BY：BRYANT CHANG 南投竹山秀傳醫院貼出公告，從1月開始取消包括內外科、婦產科、中醫等部分科別的夜間門診，周日也取消看診，不少來看診的民眾看到公告，覺得接下來要看病會很不方便。 ==看診民眾== 我們住附近有這個需要 對啊 你晚上又取消 我們晚上比較有時間 我們務農的人 晚上比較有時間 (才有辦法來看診) 對啊 對啊 (取消對你們很不方便嗎) 對啊 竹山秀傳醫院一直是濁水溪地區唯一中大型醫院，有助偏鄉醫療服務，但院方認為，一例一休勞動新制上路後，如果要符合勞基法，在增加人力、減薪或減量三個選項中，目前只能以減少門診來因應。 ==竹山秀傳醫院院長 謝輝龍== 增加人力的部分 根本就是不可能的事情 因為偏鄉地區要找醫療人員 本來就非常困難 那減薪的部分 我想這樣對醫院的衝擊 還有對員工的衝擊這個太大 所以唯一的方式裡面 那只好是先從減量開始 院方表示，私立醫院有經營成本考量，但整個團隊不只醫護人員，還有各部門勞工，如果維持現有診別及出勤，人事成本遠遠超過預期、難以負擔，而且醫護人力原本就短缺，目前儘量將醫護人員排班移至白天，對病患影響程度，還需再評估。 記者 邱植培 賴世杰 南投報導