SVT Nyheter Sörmland has previously reported that the staff at the emergency and intermediate medical care department, Mima, are struggling with understaffing and overtime.
As of this week, week three, 25 shifts a week are also unmanned.
Furthermore, the unit managers at the emergency department have informed the staff that they are relinquishing their work environment responsibility.
Request action
Now the safety representative and assistant nurse Elin Bäckman announces that she has requested that the employer take measures to create a satisfactory working environment - by making a so-called 6:6a notification.
- We hope they will take this seriously.
If Kommunal is not satisfied with the answer we receive, we pass it on to the Work Environment Agency, which we hope will step in and help us in this situation, says Elin Bäckman.
The Swedish Work Environment Authority can take measures
If the working environment does not improve, the Swedish Work Environment Authority can, after carrying out an inspection, decide on mandatory measures or prohibitions - that is, the workplace may be closed.
- But I don't think the Work Environment Agency will close the emergency room, says Elin Bäckman.
Changes opening hours
During Friday afternoon, Region Sörmland announced that the primary care emergency in Katrineholm, as of February 2, will be open between 8 a.m. and 5 p.m. instead of until 8 p.m. as before.
The region's hope is that the change will, among other things, free up resources to improve staffing in the emergency room at Kullbergska hospital.
In the video: Hear Elin Bäckman tell why she made a 6:6a report and how the staff at the emergency room are doing.