Due to the acute shortage of materials at the Academic Hospital, the surgeon and orthopedic department have had to make major re-priorities. All planned operations have been canceled and only acute cases are now being received.

This means that about a dozen operations that would have been carried out at the department during Friday have been canceled. According to SVT Uppsala, these are about 80 canceled operations for the entire Akademiska hospital. The patients concerned have been contacted.

The reception is well over the weekend

Viktor Näslund is the department head at the orthopedic clinic. He announces that they are now rationing with consumables such as gloves and other aprons, but that they currently have everything under control.

- These are deliveries that we normally fill every other day. So it is clear that in the long run we are also affected.

How long can you handle without new material?

- We expect to make it over the weekend. Without new material, we will not be able to treat patients in a patient-safe manner. So we must already review how we prioritize, says Viktor Näslund.