On September 5, the decision came that the municipality's security alarm should go to the home service staff instead of the special alarm group. The group goes on security alarms, it can be people who have fallen, have chest pain, catheter stop, ostomy leakage or mental health problems.
Peter Dahlström, an employee of the alarm group, thinks that the call time doubles when the group is closed down.
- Today we are first in place, then we call an ambulance if needed. Now the home service should go instead, but they may stand and shower someone when the alarm comes, they can not just leave the wind to wave.
"There will be deaths"The home service staff themselves write to SVT that they have neither the resources nor the skills to handle the alarms.
- Deaths will occur because of this change, says Peter Dahlström of the alarm group.
He also believes that the economic savings will not be missed.
- It's an expensive one. Just take our cars with mobile lifts, they can't be taken on bicycles and many home service groups do not even drive. Lifts must be purchased and they cost SEK 40,000 each, only lifts for about 15 home service groups will be 600,000.
"Takes it too far"John Johansson, the Social Democratic Municipal Council, believes that the closure of the alarm group saves about 11 million a year, and that fears of deaths are too far to draw.
- Now the home care groups around the city will be able to answer the alarms instead of an alarm group going all over Örebro.
He also stresses that it is the ambulance and not the home care that handles emergency accidents.
- With this decision, we return to what applied five years ago and the most common way of handling alarms around the country.
He also believes that the decommissioning helps users to meet fewer different caregivers, which is positive.