- It's very serious. Had we not had the care of places in the entire hospital had the surgery even though it is summer. They can not wait, they will not wait, says Henrik Ahlborg, acting head of the orthopedics department of the ten patients, to Sydsvenska.
From the decision, it may take up to 90 days to surgery or other action in specialist care, according to health care guarantee. Every seven patients had to wait longer than that, according to the Swedish Association of Local Authorities and Regions statistics in May. In Skåne University Hospital is a far cry from living up to the treatment guarantee with every third patient has to wait too long.
One of the ten patients who now risk getting difficult but by not getting their surgery on time is a teacher and former elite weightlifters. He drags himself up with the aid of crutches in the hallway, according Sydsvenskans description. His surgery is postponed again and again. The doctors have asked the management to make an exception for him and allow him to undergo surgery, but has been rejected.
- I will have dead nerves and you do not know what features I will get back, he says to Sydsvenskan.
The head of the orthopedics department argued in the paper, that the lower number of locations in the hospital this year, is due to the nursing shortage. But SKL rather think it depends on the operation.
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