On Monday afternoon, there will be an urgent meeting between the State Administrator in Troms and Finnmark, Helse Nord, the County Medical Officer and the Norwegian Board of Health Supervision about the consequences of the ongoing pilot strike for health services in the north. This is confirmed by State Administrator Elisabeth Vik Aspaker to news. Elisabeth Vik Aspaker says that there will be an emergency meeting in Troms and Finnmark. Photo: Tonje Hareland The health trusts in the north have reported that they are struggling to get key personnel to work on time as a result of the strike. – We want to clearly convey the consequences of this strike. This especially applies to the supply of health personnel who commute to work in the region. They are important pieces in the guard systems at the hospitals and in the municipal health service, she tells news. The state administrator is also in close dialogue with the municipalities, since there are also several individual municipalities that depend on aircraft to get key personnel in place. According to the State Administrator, UNN has given notice that they may be forced to reduce the intensive capacity as a result of the pilot strike. – It is serious that UNN will have an internal status meeting about the consequences of the strike at 12, UNN’s head of department Haakon Lindekleiv confirms. – Six intensive care nurses may not sound like much, but there are a total of 30 guards. If they do not come, we are struggling to maintain the capacity of our intensive care unit, Lindekleiv told E24 on Sunday. Haakon Lindekleiv, medical director at the University Hospital of Northern Norway, will be in a status meeting at 12.00 on Monday. Photo: Per-Christian Johansen, University Hospital Northern Norway – We do not think it is right that UNN has signaled that they must reduce 25 percent of their intensive care capacity. It’s serious. We want to make sure that they know this in Oslo. And we must inquire how the Norwegian Board of Health will take this further with political authorities, says State Attorney Aspaker. – Key personnel not in place. It must be rocked on holiday lists. It is the patients who are affected. This is not good, she continues. Stuck strike On Monday morning, the Ombudsman met with the SAS management and the pilots. This is the first meeting since there was a strike a week ago. – It was just a short status update. We are where we were a week ago, says leader of SAS Norway Flyers Association, Jan Levi Skogvang, to news. Leader Jan Levi Skogvang had a meeting with the Ombudsman on Monday morning. Photo: ksenia novikova / news He thinks the ball is with SAS. – They just think we should come and give them more. It is completely irrelevant, says Skogvang. The Ombudsman: – Does not give up Ombudsman Mats Wilhelm Ruland tells news that the purpose of Monday’s meeting was to see if it was possible to have a dialogue again. – We can only state from that meeting that the situation is still as deadlocked as it has been since the conflict started, Ruland says. – Then it is not the case that we give up for that reason. We will have a meeting in the coming days as well, without me being able to say anything more about the time, he continues. There are tough thanks for Riksmekler Mats Wilhelm Ruland during the day. Photo: Ksenia Novikova / news The Ombudsman says that there have been a number of meetings in recent days – especially in Sweden. – It is too early to say whether they will be meetings in Stockholm again, common to all parties. This is something we must see, but more meetings will be held in the future. Today it was a bit of a practical reason that there was a meeting at Teams, it may be relevant with physical meetings also in the future. Crossed the pain threshold The Ombudsman stated to news on Friday that “it is clear that this is a conflict that cannot last for a long time”. This is because it affects many innocent third parties. – We agree with that. It is a terribly serious conflict and situation – we are very aware of that. But at the same time, it is SAS that wants this, and it is they who hold the key, says Skogvang in SAS Norway’s Pilots’ Association. He believes it has already hurt more than it should for the SAS pilots. – We have gone too far, and have passed the pain threshold. The SAS strike continues in full force after new meetings on Monday. Photo: Tore Ellingseter SAS does not wish to comment on the matter. – We do not want to comment on the process, out of respect for it. We repeat that SAS would like to negotiate, says press manager at SAS, Tonje Sund, to news.
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