HUS nurses criticise decision to vaccinate doctors first
Doctors at Töölö Hospital in Helsinki have received the coronavirus vaccine before other members of healthcare staff.
Töölö Hospital shop steward Katri Ahola.
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Nursing staff working for the Helsinki University Hospital District (HUS) have criticised the provision of coronavirus vaccines to doctors ahead of other healthcare staff in the district.
According to shop steward
Katri Ahola, tensions at the HUS’s Töölö hospital in Helsinki are at boiling point as healthcare staff are outraged by the decision to prioritise doctors. It is completely contrary to equality, that individuals and professional groups can bypass the vaccination queue. It has been systematic and extensive, said Ahola, who also works as a nurse in the neurosurgical intensive care unit.