The region announces that it has gone into staff mode and has called in regional management and the local special health care managements to monitor the development of events and take the necessary measures.

- Our assessment at the moment is that we can maintain healthcare.

Thanks to manual backup routines, we take care of our patients, says communications director Henrik Peder in a press release.

The emergency number 112 works, as does both the site and number 1177 Vårdguiden.

People who want to call the delivery in Falun are referred to mobile number 070 658 09 94.

The cause of the problems is being investigated but has not yet been determined, the region announces at 20.15.