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– This is dramatic for public health. The elderly and the sick have followed the government’s order to stay home. Now they have to go back to training and treatment. If not, several of them will never be able to recover, says Øystein Bjørnes.
The chronicles are beaten
The deputy mayor and physical therapist in Steinkjer are very dissatisfied that the government is not open on Thursday for people to go to the gym and for group classes. It is clear that this especially affects the chroniclers. For many of them, it is vital to train in the gym and at the physical therapist.
– Much of the training and treatment they depend on is not done at home. Now I see that the condition of several of my patients has worsened a lot, says Bjørnes, who fears that the delay will be long and that there will be long waiting lists as things normalize.
60 PERCENT CANNOT BE TREATED: Øystein Bjørnes can only treat 40 percent of her patients due to infection control rules and she fears long waiting lists and queues when things get back to normal.
Photo: Vegard Woll / NRK
Charcoal patient has gotten worse
On the tape is Gunnar Fjellhaug. He is one of the lucky ones who is now being treated by the physical therapist who can only treat 40 percent of his patients due to infection control rules.
– I am fighting with the coals and the training here in the center is very important for me to keep breathing. The shape has greatly worsened by the time it closed, the 73-year-old told NRK.
He has tried to exercise at home, but says it works very poorly without the guidance and equipment he can train with.
THE SHAPE HAS BEEN POORER: – I am fighting with the coals and the training sessions here in the center are very important for me to keep my breath. The shape has worsened a lot in the time it has been closed, says Gunnar Fjellhaug.
Photo: Vegard Woll / NRK
It will give the municipal doctors the responsibility
Bjørnes now urges the Minister of Health to change the rules. He wants the government to turn around and let the municipal doctors decide if it can be opened in the municipalities.
– Here in Steinkjer, no infection has been reported since April 8. So it must be possible for a municipal doctor to say that we can open the fitness centers here. It may not be necessary for everyone to follow the same rules as in Oslo, where there is still infection, says Bjørnes.
He also adds that more than a million Norwegians today are members of a gym. The fact that many of these do not exercise now goes beyond public health.
Strongly disagree
Levanger City Doctor Tommy Aune Rehn agrees that the rules can go beyond public health. But you will not be responsible for deciding whether the gyms should be open or not.
– I totally disagree with Bjørnes and I think it will be wrong. It is important to have a unified common strategy on how we open Norway. The municipalities are small, there are short distances and the infection spreads very quickly. Therefore, we must rely on the evaluations of the central authorities. This is where the best experience lies, says Rehn.
He also believes that municipal doctors may be subject to pressure and lobbying if they so choose.
DIFFERENT: Levanger municipal doctor Tommy Aune Rehn disagrees with Bjørnes and believes that, among other things, municipal doctors may be exposed to pressure and lobbying if they are the ones who decide whether the fitness centers should be open or not.
Photo: Rita Kleven / NRK
Rehn sees that the closed center is negative for someone who does not receive the training they need at home. But he believes this should be seen against the general picture and that this is a price we have to pay to keep the infection at bay.
City doctor Sunniva Rognerud in Steinkjer supports Rehn that national guides are better than many locals. But she believes that opening sports halls can help chroniclers.
– We see that some chroniclers have had health problems. But now is an opportunity to bring them together for group classes in, for example, the sports halls so that they again receive important training with orientation, says Rognerud.
