The district nurse reception in Ammarnäs has previously had a reception on Tuesdays every week. Now you will have a reception on Thursdays, three times in five weeks.
The Ammarnäs residents have now started a list of name signatures against the decision.
Many upset in AmmarnäsWhen SVT visits Ammarnäs and the local pensioners' union, the atmosphere is upset.
- When you have paid taxes throughout your life, you want a functioning medical care when you get older, says Ove Forsvall.
What are the consequences for you in Ammarnäs?
- Samples taken here on a Thursday cannot be analyzed in Umeå because it is on Thursdays that the samples go to the hematologist and then they must be taken in Ammarnäs on a Monday or Tuesday, says Gun-Britt Hedström.
Annelie Lindström, Head of Operations at Sorsele Hospital, believes that it is all about resources. New nurses will be trained at the hospital in Sorsele.
- We must manage to staff the hospital as well.
The region will now open a so-called health center in Ammarnäs, where residents will be helped to take blood tests. It is hoped that the health room will be staffed by a nurse.
Increased tourism hopes to increase the populationThe Ammarnäs residents that SVT talks to see that many tourists are applying to Ammarnäs and that it is hoped that more people will settle in the village.
- It is probably easier to get people to want to live here if you have a good functioning health care, says Inger Grundström.
Annelie Lindström at Region Västerbotten says that she "made contacts" among the tourists in Ammarnäs.
- Among other things, a doctor who announces when she is visiting Ammarnäs so that emergency medical services can contact her.
Isn't it remarkable that a doctor who is on vacation should solve the care needs?
- We do what we can and what we can do, says Annelie Lindström.