”The Scania hospitals should investigate their capacity to receive patients from Gaza and urge the Swedish government to offer care to patients from Gaza”, they write in the letter which has also been sent to the board of Region Scania and is quoted by Sydsvenskan.
Several countries in Europe, including Norway, have already received injured from Gaza, but the Swedish government has so far said no, despite appeals from WHO and EU.
The Swedish Association of Health Professionals has also urged the government to offer Swedish care. In Stockholm, Karolinska University Hospital has announced that they can receive patients from Gaza, and employees at Södersjukhuset have via three trade unions pressed the hospital management to offer children from Gaza care.
There is money and resources in Swedish healthcare – Sweden is one of the world's richest countries. It's not about hundreds coming, but rather a few patients per hospital, says Rahela Mihic, doctor at the Central Hospital in Kristianstad and one of the initiators of the appeal, to Sydsvenskan.
