It was in January 2019 that the department had to be closed, when several assistant nurses and nurses chose to leave their workplace.
In one year, half of the staff left, where a bad mood and conflicts were behind their bad mood.
At that time, patients with lung and kidney disease as well as patients with diabetes were treated, and some cases of palliative care occurred in the ward.
The patients were taken over by three other departments and, among other things, the Healthcare Association was critical of the fact that the problems were not solved but only moved.
The then county council board's plan was to implement a better and more long-term solution for the department in the autumn of 2019, but that did not happen.
Instead, the corona pandemic came and ward 57 then had to act as covid ward during the time when there was the highest pressure on healthcare.
"The right patient in the right bed"
Just two weeks ago, ward 57 was able to reopen as a medical ward and receive the first patients, but now in a new suit.
This time, the employees have been involved in setting routines and developing new ways of working.
On Thursday, the department was officially inaugurated.
- Now we can reduce the number of outsourced patients, ie those who are located where they do not belong.
With the right patient in the right bed, we increase patient safety, says department head Elisabeth Arebark.
The ward will grow during the autumn and finally accommodate 21 care places.
In connection with this, another care team will be recruited.
Hear more from the employees in the department in the clip above