The incident happened the first week he was back after a long vacation.

On Monday, everything was as usual.

Tuesday also started as usual.

- I was not sick at all when I went to work, says the nurse who wants to remain anonymous.

But in the middle of the day he began to feel mild cold symptoms.

A chief physician then thought he should go home.

The nurse asked her section manager how she thought he should do, but got no answer.

- She just went.

Then I decided to finish working that day, because it felt like something that passes very quickly, the man says.

The test was positive for covid

In the evening, he received a text message from his employer saying that he would stay at home.

Only on Thursday did he feel significantly worse.

A test the following day showed that he had covid.

For three weeks he was on sick leave.

When he returned to work he was not in his old shape and shortly afterwards he was on sick leave for another three weeks.

During the sick leave, he was told that he would be given a warning.

- I have worked in healthcare for thirty years and never received the slightest complaint.

And then I'll get a warning for something I'm not responsible for, two years before I would retire.

I was not happy, he says.

- No one had even noticed that I was ill.

It was I who said that I felt a little cold.

Resigned from work

The consequence of the written warning was that he resigned.

- I came to the conclusion that I could not work there anymore after this, he says and will now try to make ends meet on a low pension and entry via staffing companies.

According to the warning, the man must have been asked to go home on several occasions, but did not do so.

Jörgen Vennsten is head of operations at the current clinic.

- We have asked the person to leave the workplace.

It would be extremely noticeable if we get the spread of infection in the staff group or to vulnerable patients, he says, but regrets that the nurse chose to resign.

- Our ambition is not to get rid of people.

But we follow the routines we have.

Therefore, there was a written warning that he did not go home.