A: The Karolina crisis affects other care in the Stockholm area

Regional Social Democratic Opposition Councilor Erika Ullberg (S) requests that the director of the hospital, Björn Zoëga and the chairman of the board, Håkan Sörman, be summoned to the meeting. meeting of the regional commission on Tuesday morning and describes the extent of the Karolina crisis.

– They must indicate the depth of the crisis and its consequences for staff and patients.

Erika Ullberg points out that the news of the magnitude of the crisis has reached the opposition via the media. Among other things, she points out that the Board of Health and Medical Services made the decision to save the hospital's finances from a billion-dollar deficit the very day that DN had revealed in an interview with Björn Zoëga that this deficit had been reduced to 1.5 billion.

– It is unreasonable that a decision is made regarding a supplement and we then know from the media that this is insufficient. The same with this warning – via the media, we learn that the warning is bigger than expected. This is totally unacceptable. You have completely lost control of Karolinska, says Erika Ullberg. She pleads for greater political responsibility:

– Regional Board has the duty to oversee all activities and responsibilities relating to how it affects other care, and it is clear that when Karolinska goes through such a steel bath, it will affect Other hospitals and other health care activities. There must be a political responsibility as to how other hospitals should handle this. Can they handle the pressure? Or do you intend to buy care in other counties?

DN applied moderate Irene Svenonius, the regional finance council for an interview, but she refers to a press release in which she says:

– I fully understand that this raises concerns at the hospital, but the management and the board of directors employ to balance an economy while focusing on the essential task that is the health. It is good that health care workers are protected, says Irene Svenonius of the Financial Region Council (M).

The left-wing party in the Stockholm area is calling for a government inquiry into university hospitals. Jonas Lindberg, spokesperson for Vänsterpartiet on health issues, notes that all university hospitals are on their knees.

– New Karolinska has a mission that cares for patients all over the country, not just Stockholm. Therefore, I think there is no question that the responsibility for university hospitals must be taken into account, says Jonas Lindberg in a commentary and continues:

– Next, the care based on the value of the control model must disappear completely and not only be corrected or made "supported", explains Jonas Lindberg.

Democrats of Sweden Health spokesman Gabriel Kroon said in a commentary that what was happening now was entirely the result of the political decisions that characterized Karolinska and NKS, and that SD had been outside.

– Karolinska is now forced to choose between suspending operations or notifying staff. It is extremely worrying to lose staff in the health sector both with care queues at the regional and national levels. At the same time, we see how incredibly hard the summer months will be, "says Kroon.