Lack of ambulances in Kungsbacka

So far this year, seven deviation reports have been written, where the staff of the Kungsbacka ambulance testifies to the lack of ambulance cars. In one of these cases, a two-year-old girl who was feared to have life-threatening symptoms had to wait thirty minutes for help, as SVT News reported earlier.

The Kungsbacka ambulance station has four ambulance cars during the day and two during the night. They are expected to cover the need for emergency medical care for the northern parts of Halland and for the more than 80,000 residents of Kungsbacka municipality. Which is the reason for the discrepancy reporting.

- It is both geographically large and the population has increased, but the number of ambulances is the same as it was twenty years ago, says Anna Rosenberg, head of ambulance Kungsbacka.

When there are no available ambulance cars in Kungsbacka, which is not uncommon according to the deviation reports, it is instead Varberg who may go on alarm to Kungsbacka.

- There will be long driving times, which will be a risk to the staff if it is the priority of grade one driving on the roads but also for the public, says Anna Rosenberg.

In order to be able to look at which stations are lacking resources, a resource review is now underway for ambulance care, throughout Halland. However, what the investigation will give for results remains to be seen.

"It is likely that we will do something to strengthen Kungsbacka," says Ann Molander (L), chair of the operating committee for Ambulance Diagnostics and Health, in Region Halland.

Is it safe to live in a county with four ambulance cars of 80,000 people?

- Defining security is very difficult, but we have a good and safe ambulance station with very good staff. Then there is nothing but it can get better, says Ann Molander.

In the clip above, Head of Department Anna Rosenberg and Chairman of the Board of Trustees Ann Molander (L) talk about the lack of resources.