The Gävleborg region is under a very high load due to the large number of covid patients in need of hospital care.
The spread of infection is still very high and shows no signs of slowing down.
Most exposed is the county's intensive care, where staff reinforcement has taken place in recent weeks with all available staff who have the right skills.
A number of patients have been sent to other counties for intensive care in recent weeks.
- Despite these measures, we are close to a capacity ceiling and the remaining measure is to apply the crisis agreement, which has now been activated for the region by SKR, in case the situation worsens further. The agreement makes it possible to extend the employees' weekly working hours for an increased remuneration. We hope that the situation will stabilize, however, says acting director of health and medical care Johan Kaarme.