The Västerbotten region has contracted four midwives to Lycksele BB this spring, something that Anna-Lena Danielsson believes makes the staff situation "much brighter".
Erika Häggblad is of a completely different opinion.
- It's great that you got hold of relay midwives who can start week two, but we are just as damn little people.
All of us midwives are on their knees, both those who remain in Lycksele and those who travel from the coast to cover up, she says.
Fears that more will quit
According to Erika Häggblad, an additional 20-30 midwives are currently needed throughout the county to cover all passports.
In Lycksele, at least ten full-time midwives are needed.
After Christmas, when the midwives have joined, there will be a total of eight.
But not everyone works - and some of the current, regular midwives may not even work then, Häggblad fears.
- Some have announced that they want to start working in Umeå instead.
Erika Häggblad demands dialogue between the unions and governing politicians in the region, something she thinks is completely missing today.
- They have no idea what the activities at the county's three clinics look like today.
Talk to us, Anna-Lena Danielsson, says Erika Häggblad.
"Four is better than zero"
Anna-Lena Danielsson (S), chair of the health and medical care committee, herself says that she did not mean that the situation at Lycksele BB has been resolved with the four midwives.
- But it looks much, much brighter after the thirteenth day - four midwives are much better than zero.
But there will still be gaps to fill, says Anna-Lena Danielsson.
The Midwives' Association perceives the dialogue with your ruling politicians as non-existent, will you improve it?
- We absolutely want more dialogue with the unions and will have it.