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Vulnerable patients should never be the victims of unions industrial action, a network of 40 health organisations has said.
The Malta Health Network backed recent comments by the Commissioner for Health within the Office of the Ombudsman, who warned against inhumane actions by unions using patients as pawns with which to pressure authorities.
In a statement on Saturday, the European Patients Rights Day, the network said that while such situations may arise, unions and hospital authorities should seek to reach agreements that did not impose additional burdens on patients. The patients are helpless and vulnerable and have no choice but to be dependent on help for their basic needs, it said.