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DN has unveiled a memorandum in which the city of Stockholm has assessed how medical interventions for nursing homes, which are run by two medical companies, have been handled so far during the pandemic. The report describes how nurses felt alone with difficult decisions when doctors were absent, sometimes for more than two months, and that general decisions were made not to send anyone to the hospital in certain homes.
The president of the care association Sineva Ribeiro mentions that the union has already reacted when the national guidelines on covid care in the care of the elderly arrived.
– When our members in elderly care were told that now doctors no longer need to go out in operations – Vårdförbundet contacted the National Board of Health and Welfare and we thought this was unclear.
– I am bothered by employers, officials and politicians who do not take care that the recommendations of the WHO or the Health Law are followed. The right to receive an individual evaluation applies both in the region and in municipalities, in hospitals and homes for the elderly. Subsequently, we have heard from members that our nurses have in many cases been left alone in these difficult decisions during the pandemic. We have spoken with the chairman of the Crown Commission and passed on these member stories to him.
Thomas Lindén, Head of Unit, National Council for Health and Welfare.
Photo: Ali Lorestani / TT
Thomas Lindén, Head of Unit at the National Health and Social Welfare Council, he reacts to the fact that in several cases the authority’s recommendations appear to have been misinterpreted.
– For me, it may seem obvious that the recommendation to avoid physical visits in cases where it is not necessary, applies to patients who do not have symptoms of covid or other signs of disease. What surprises me is that here it seems instead that this recommendation has been applied to the most seriously ill patients, he says and continues:
– Recommendations are issued in general, but must of course be applied individually. If it weren’t for that, there would have been no need for doctors or nurses. All health personnel know it. A good practice is that when a nurse feels that medical attention is needed, you come as a doctor.
DN has sought out the president of the Medical Association, Heidi Stensmyren, who declines to comment.
