Haidzalic: It's about priorities

Wednesday's big notice from Karolinska has met the unions' dismay. The regional council Anna Starbrink (L) believes that today's message is necessary given the current situation.

- It is important to adapt the costume to the mission the hospital has, she tells SVT News.

- But we have a tough economic situation in the region now with the cost equalization, which means that money is moved to other parts of the country.

"Terrible" is the opposition region council Aida Hadzialic (S) reaction to today's message.

- Those affected are sick and fragile people. This is the result of a conscious moderate-led healthcare policy, she tells SVT News.

- Stockholm is Sweden's richest region, here there is plenty of money and plenty of resources, so it is about how to prioritize.

Instead of investing in "expensive, complicated private systems", she should invest more in the staff, she believes.

Anna Starbrink believes that the priority was right when it was first decided to cut administrative services. Now that hundreds of medical and surgical services are about to disappear, she believes that management must take responsibility for patient safety.

- At the same time, many patients today receive care outside emergency hospitals. Then it is reasonable to adapt the staffing to the new assignment, she tells SVT News.

Social Minister Lena Hallengren (S) also responded with a written comment that she was "worried" about SVT News:

“It is a great notice, which concerns many skilled people. I assume that the Stockholm region takes its full employer responsibility. Swedish health care needs more staff, not fewer. The region must take the organizations of doctors and nurses seriously and hold talks with them. "