A short week has passed since the covid-19 team started in Norrköping municipality. Fifteen people work to prevent further spread of infection in elderly care and to increase safety among users and staff.
- I want to help and contribute with what I can. Of course, I have respect for the corona virus, but I felt absolutely no hesitation in putting up. I met this everyday in the job I had prior to this assignment, so I knew what it meant, says Anna Nachberg.
You do a job where the infection is so close, how does it feel?
- It feels good anyway, we have everything we need in protective equipment. I am not afraid of my daily work. The first cases were a difference, then I was a little scared, but otherwise I'm pretty scared as a person, Anna Gillberg explains.
- In my work, however, I am very careful about what is required of me and I have respect for the situation, absolutely. Some users have passed away during this time, but most so when they have been admitted to hospital care. It is important to emphasize that the users also get healthy, she says.
- We started this business a week ago and then we have had a turnover of 23 people who have been declared healthy, which is positive. Then we have a couple of really bad ones right now.
- This can give us as a group another pride for the job. After all, no one but us can do this job. I think I'm good at it and proud of what I do.
Work in healthcare continues despite a different kind of everyday life. The job should be done. In this case, a profession that is not visible to the public and who can work more than ever - in this unusual everyday life.