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Many Swedes are thinking about how to celebrate Christmas this year.
At the same time, the care staff in the hospital’s covid wards are preparing for a Christmas with protective gear.
– I can only appeal: being crowded with other people on Christmas shopping can cost lives, says Johan Sand, nurse at the Karolinska University Hospital covid-iva.
The number of covid patients treated in hospitals continues to increase in many parts of the country. In Stockholm, the most affected, about 750 patients are now treated in hospitals, of which 82 are treated in VAT, according to the latest figures from the region.
– Come on and hope this is great. But we don’t know, says Johan Sand, who works as a nurse at covid-iva at Karolinska in Huddinge.
Three weeks ago, the anesthesia nurse put on protective clothing and the tight-fitting face mask again to care for the most severe covid patients.
About 40 nurses have left
Much is better in the second wave compared to this spring.
– We have improved in the treatment of the disease, and those who end up here have a better chance of survival, says Johan Sand.
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Johan Sand, anesthesia nurse at Karolinska Huddinge.
In other ways, it is more difficult. It is a reduced force that acquires the second corona wave in Karolinska. About 40 nurses and nursing assistants have left, others have been on sick leave after spring’s hard work. Those who remain work 12.5-hour shifts.
– It is heavy, it will be long days and nights and many hours in tight protective equipment, says Johan Sand.
How are you?
– We bite together and hope that he will get better soon. We see the need and we see that we can make a difference. We can only hope to have the strength for a while longer.
“Being crowded can cost lives”
There are three weeks until Christmas. Those who are infected now and become seriously ill will come to the health service in two weeks. Johan Sand hopes that everyone will do what they can now and follow the recommendations to stop the spread of the infection.
– I can only appeal. I understand you want to buy Christmas gifts, but being crowded can cost lives. Worth it? That’s the question everyone needs to ask themselves now, says Johan Sand.
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Gender image of healthcare.
This week, the Swedish Public Health Agency is expected to present recommendations for this year’s Christmas celebrations. Some Swedes hope they can celebrate with their families, despite the pandemic.
Nurse: Wait to see you
Experts suggest you can fix it by quarantining it before Christmas. But the safest thing is to wait to meet loved ones, says Johan Sand.
– That is the very sad but honest message. This disease can be transmitted without symptoms.
– If a hundred families have big family parties, some of them will do it really bad. At worst, an elderly, weak relative is infected and is at risk of dying, he says.
Photo: Johan Nilsson / TT
Crowded to enter the Emporia Mall on Black Friday.
More young people are added to the second wave
But not only the elderly and risk groups can be affected, he emphasizes. During the second wave, he and his colleagues have reacted to more young people entering the VAT.
– Most are between 50 and 75 years old, but there are also more who are really young, they are people from the 90s, from the 25. I am 48 years old and I have treated patients of whom I could have been the father, says Johan Sand.
– The vast majority of those who come here are elderly and sick, but no one is safe from this disease.
Pressure on healthcare will remain high for the rest of the year, believes Johan Sand. He and his colleagues have decided to spend much of the Christmas weekend at work.
– We are more than usual who will have to work this Christmas. But there are also more Swedes who will be able to celebrate Christmas in the hospital this year, with only us on the staff as a company. Family members are not allowed. It is not a fun way to celebrate Christmas.
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