The crisis in health care: Operations are also canceled in Dalarna

The patients whose operations are canceled will be contacted in person by telephone by the hospital staff.

“We are now taking precautionary measures to maintain as normal healthcare operations as possible. The uncertainty about deliveries remains high and we must therefore prepare for the lack of consumables for a longer period of time, ”writes Karin Stikå Mjöberg, regional director in the press release.

“On Monday we will make a new decision. We make a new assessment every day, ”she writes.

An example of time-critical operations is planned cancer operations that cannot wait but should be operated as soon as possible. Emergency care should also be taken care of, such as injured in traffic accidents and patients who have suffered a heart attack, according to Region Dalarna.

Examples of consumables that the region has or has been lacking are sampling tubes, anesthesia filters, ECG electrodes and antibiotic mixing units.