Midwife Lucille M'Boge Fredriksson believes that the low cost of childbirth is at the expense of the care provided.

It is not a picture that the CFO shares.

- In general, the Västra Götaland region has low costs for healthcare, this does not only apply to childbirth, says Anders Glansén, CFO at Sahlgrenska University Hospital, where childbirth at Östra Hospital is included.

He explains more about this in the clip above.

Would you like to see more money for childbirth? 

- I want the hospital to get even more money to do care for and this could be an argument for us to get more money.

But it is ultimately a political issue.

Gustaf Josefson (M) sees problems with the deficit

Sahlgrenska's Chairman of the Board Gustaf Josefson (M) also sees no reason to worry about the low media cost.

On the other hand, he thinks it is a problem that maternity care in Östra is running with large deficits.

Last year, the birth at Östra was in deficit with 50 million.

- It is basically a matter of us having to match assignments against budget and we will not succeed there.

But having a deficit does not mean that the money does not exist, here they have used 50 million from other parts of the hospital. 

Costly with overtime and recruitment

According to Gustaf Josefson (M), the board is now systematically trying to gain control over the conditions for each activity.

- I can not say exactly what the deficits are due to, but I know that you incur large costs for overtime and extra costs due to the difficulties in recruiting staff.

There you have ended up in a negative spiral.  

He does not promise anything concrete about more money.  

- Many people talk about more funds, but that is not always the solution.

We have a lot to do about leadership issues and staffing issues.

I hope we will continue to have good care in the future as well. 

Cecilia Dalman Eek (S): "I am ashamed"

Cecilia Dalman Eek (S) is vice chairman of Sahlgrenska's board and she is upset about what she considers to be an underfunded maternity care.

- The staff goes on their knees and I am ashamed that it looks like this.

Our fantastic maternity care should not have to be the best at being the cheapest.