The state administrator will consider applying for a flight exemption – news Troms and Finnmark

On Friday, the state administrator in the north received a report from all the hospitals in northern Norway on the status of how the pilot strike in SAS affects the health care system. – Patch together – We hear that they have managed to patch shift lists, thanks to health workers who are at work taking extra shifts. They go the extra mile to make this possible, she tells news. – We also see, and know, that the situation will become more serious over the weekend if the strike continues. The next report from Aspaker’s office to the Norwegian Board of Health will be sent on Monday. – And then it is ultimately the audit that must make a decision on whether the situation in the health care system in the north is justifiable or not. Earlier this week, there was an urgent meeting between the state administrator in Troms and Finnmark, the state administrator in Nordland, Helse Nord, the county doctor and the Norwegian Board of Health Supervision about the consequences of the ongoing pilot strike for health services in the north. Subsequently, the Norwegian Board of Health decided that the strike did not constitute an immediate danger to life and health in northern Norway. University Hospital of Northern Norway in Tromsø. Photo: UNN Holidaying health personnel Aspaker says on Friday that they do not have specific information that operations have been postponed in Troms and Finnmark as a result of the strike. But they do not have an overview of whether health professionals on holiday will be able to get home – and at work. – If the strike continues over the weekend, we will ask national authorities to apply for a dispensation to be able to set up flights from Oslo to Tromsø and from Oslo to Kirkenes to get holidaying health personnel back to work. – We do this because the wear and tear on the health personnel who are at work is increasing with each passing day. Then it is important to get health personnel back from vacation who can relieve those who now work around the clock, she concludes.



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