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The Covid situation in the Jönköping region is very tense. Stock Photography.
The Jönköping region is close to the pain threshold for covid-19 care. On Monday, more people were treated at the region’s hospital than on any other day during the pandemic.
– The situation is serious, says Mats Bojestig, director of health and medical care.
On Monday, 73 people with covid-19 needed hospital care in the Jönköping region. This is one more person than last spring’s peak and means the region will soon be forced to transport patients to other parts of the country.
– What is clear now is that today we worry more than at any time during the pandemic, says Mats Bojestig at a digital press conference.
– There is a little less in the intensive care unit than in the spring. But we are close to our ceiling. If we go over this, we need help from other regions.
Think about the trip home
According to Mats Bojestig, the heavy burden of healthcare will continue for several more weeks. Therefore, he urges everyone who has planned to travel to the region to celebrate Christmas to think.
– If you travel to us at Christmas and get sick, I really want to point out that it may be important that you have the ability to get home, he says.
– Of course we will help everyone, but it is a very high burden. Our ability to care for patients living outside of the county is very limited, rather we need the help of others for our own patients.
Crucial days
According to the region’s infection control doctor, Malin Bengnér, much will be decided by the spread of the infection in the coming days.
– How we behave in our daily lives for the next week is absolutely crucial for the upcoming Christmas weekend. Anyone infected today or in the next few days will be ill over Christmas weekend, perhaps seriously ill, he says.
– Of course, it affects the individual and the family, but in the long run it also runs the risk of affecting care.
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