Hear Lise-Lott Norrman about how the lack of care places threatens patient safety in the clip above.
It has been a special time in healthcare during the pandemic.
The health service has changed to take care of covid patients.
This has meant that the occupancy rate in some places has been lower than before.
But after the holidays this year, Lise-Lott Norrman noticed that something had happened.
It became increasingly crowded with patients in the hospital.
- I do not know why.
But I think it can be a fear that they did not seek care in 2020. Many did not go out and move as before, she says.
On October 19, the medical clinic at SÄS had 159 patients - but only 111 care places, according to Lise-Lott Norrman's notes.
The hospital states that the clinic had 157 patients that day.
"Do not receive the care they are entitled to"
The days the chief physician Lise-Lott Norrman worked, she kept statistics from the morning meetings on what it looked like with care places at the medical clinic.
She testifies to overcrowding every day she has been on duty.
Among other things, patients have been placed in corridors.
In addition, patients are placed in other care units that lack the specific competence.
According to the National Board of Health and Welfare, the probability of a care injury is 60 percent higher for so-called outpatients.
- They do not receive the care they are entitled to.
They are cared for by people who do not know medical patients.
“Must prioritize”
Boubou Hallberg is hospital director at SÄS.
He believes that the hospital, in the current situation, has been able to benefit and learn from the pandemic.
- It was something you learned during the pandemic, to coordinate the entire hospital's resources so that you do not become too specialized.
Can you handle patient safety when there has been so much overcrowding and relocations?
- I think we do.
When you get a peak, you have to re-prioritize your resources.
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"For the emergency specialized inpatient care, the care places we have at SÄS today are enough," says hospital director Boubou Hallberg.
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