Doctors’ union asks Okypy to clarify legal basis and pay for scientific director post
Pasyky says Okypy’s description of the hospital role as purely advisory and without financial benefit conflicts with the law and its approved budget.
Nicosia, Cyprus. Doctors’ union Pasyky on Thursday asked the board of the state health services organisation, Okypy, to explain the legal basis of its scientific director post. The request followed a spokesperson’s description of the role as “purely advisory” and without financial benefit.
Legal responsibilities
Pasyky said the description does not match the law or material published by Okypy. The law places the scientific director on a public hospital’s management team, which is legally responsible for running the hospital, the union said.
“If Okypy considers that the position it advertised is something different, it must officially explain what its legal basis is,” Pasyky said. It also asked Okypy to explain how the post relates to the management team established by law.
Allowances and existing duties
The union cited Okypy’s approved budget for this year, which states that a clinic director who also serves as scientific director receives the allowance for the first role and 50 per cent of the allowance for the second. Pasyky said this contradicts the claim that the post carries no financial benefit.
The call for expressions of interest says the duties are undertaken in addition to a doctor’s existing work. Pasyky said running a clinic at the same time should not later be treated as an “implicit incompatibility” because the clinic is considered “successful”. It said a doctor leading a well-performing clinic should not be deemed unsuitable for a role advertised on those terms.
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