Marianne had to wait 15 hours to see the doctor

Marianne Svensson, 68, came to the emergency room at Södersjukhuset at 15 o'clock on Sunday. Then she had first visited the local nurse in Handen who sent her to the emergency room at Södersjukhuset. Only after six o'clock on Monday morning was she allowed to see a doctor, that is, 15 hours after she arrived in the emergency room.

- I think it's a disaster. There were people everywhere and bunks everywhere. And it's such a shame about the staff, it was terrible to see how they had to run all the time to help all patients, says Marianne Svensson.

For Marianne Svensson, it took until the afternoon on Monday before she got a seat in a room. But not in a room dedicated to care.

- I had to come to the living room, so no one can come in and watch TV here now. They have set up screens and it is a sheet between me and the next patient. I don't know when or if I can get to another room, says Marianne Svensson.

According to the Southern Hospital, many emergency patients had to wait for care, especially during Monday.

- It was not really an unusually large influx of patients in the emergency room, but we were suffering from outpatient care because we could not print patients who needed outpatient care elsewhere. Then they stayed here in the hospital instead, says Eva Östblom, chief physician at Södersjukhuset.

The lack of staff and places of care meant that many patients had to lie for a long time on the brits in the emergency room before being given help, says Marianne Svensson, who wants to address a wish to hospitals and politicians:

- Invest in more staff. They are struggling so incredibly hard.

Hear Marianne Svensson, who is still in hospital during Tuesday, tell us more in the clip above.