Tag: Jönköping

  • Many free vaccination times in Stockholm

    Many free vaccination times in Stockholm

    Several players who vaccinate against covid-19 in the Stockholm region are alarmed that they have very many unbooked vaccination times. “Now I would say that it is really bad”, says Maria Christoffersson who is the vaccine coordinator at the care company KRY. In the Kalmar, Jönköping and Värmland regions, phase 4 vaccination is being opened…

  • Difference in how corona infection is spread today according to several regions

    Difference in how corona infection is spread today according to several regions

    Infection tracking units in 15 of 21 regions see a difference in how the coronavirus spreads today compared to previous waves of infection. It appears from Ekot’s survey, where several infection tracking units say that they, among other things, seem to see an increased infection among children and young people. “Our conclusion is that the…

  • Newborn suffered burns from heating pad

    Newborn suffered burns from heating pad

    A newborn child suffered a burn on the skin from a heating pad and now the medical services in the Jönköping County Region are reporting the incident according to lex Maria. The child was placed on the heating pad because it had a low body temperature, but the pillow was placed directly against the baby’s…

  • Severely ill patients are moved to other regions

    Severely ill patients are moved to other regions

    The total number of Iva-treated covid patients has decreased slightly. Nevertheless, many regions have such a strained situation that seriously ill intensive care patients have to be moved to other regions. According to the National Board of Health and Welfare, the uneven burden in the country means that seriously ill intensive care patients are now…

  • Person found dead in the forest outside Jönköping

    Person found dead in the forest outside Jönköping

    One person has been found dead in a forest area near the airport outside Jönköping. Police do not yet know how the man died, a preliminary investigation into the murder has been launched. The dead person is not identified, but it is an adult.

  • Man life-threatening injured after shooting

    Man life-threatening injured after shooting

    A man in his 35s has been taken to hospital after a shooting in the southern part of Värnamo. He has life-threatening injuries, according to Region Jönköping. Several people have been detained in connection with the incident, which is being investigated as an attempted murder. They were taken to the police station for questioning. The…

  • Major material shortage in the metal industry: “It’s over everywhere”

    Major material shortage in the metal industry: “It’s over everywhere”

    At the same time as Scania and Volvo are struggling with a shortage of semiconductors, their customers in Jönköping County, among others, are struggling to get hold of steel materials. “We put a lot of work into finding materials and such, because it is over everywhere”, says Jens Söderlund, CEO of Söderlunds metall AB in…

  • 2,000 doses of vaccine had to be thrown away – were accidentally put in the freezer

    2,000 doses of vaccine had to be thrown away – were accidentally put in the freezer

    Almost 2,000 doses of vaccine have been discarded after being placed in a freezer instead of a refrigerator. Half of the doses were going to the Jönköping region. The company Tamro, which supplies vaccines to the regions, has been responsible for handling the error.

  • National wolf mediators must reduce the conflict

    National wolf mediators must reduce the conflict

    During the year, two new wolf territories were formed in Västergötland / Jönköping and in Skåne. It is the first time in modern times that wolf pairs have formed territories south of Dalsland, and now there is concern that the conflict over wolves will move south. “People are stuck in positions,” says Bernard Leroux, who…

  • Difficult for healthcare workers to get a holiday at Easter

    Difficult for healthcare workers to get a holiday at Easter

    At 23 of 44 hospitals, staff have been denied holidays during Easter, according to a survey by SR Ekot. Most personnel managers who have refused holiday applications state that a high care pressure is the reason for this. “The question is: What are the alternatives when we still have seriously ill patients who are in…

  • More and younger are added for covid-19

    More and younger are added for covid-19

    Infection control physicians and hospital management in several regions testify that more and more patients are admitted to hospitals for the treatment of covid-19. Of the seven regions that Swedish Radio spoke to, doctors and healthcare management testify to a substantial increase in hospitalized covid-19 patients in the past week. According to Mats Bojestig, director…

  • Here they are nominated for the Swedish Radio Short Story Award 2021

    Here they are nominated for the Swedish Radio Short Story Award 2021

    Time to vote for your favorite short story! It is now clear which five short stories have been nominated for the Swedish Radio Short Story Prize 2021. It is the listeners who decide who wins. Here you can vote starting March 29 and even April 18. Karin Smirnoff, Gustav Tegby, Simon Issát Marainen, Björn Runge…

  • More children get sick – the contagious mutation may be the explanation

    More children get sick – the contagious mutation may be the explanation

    The Jönköping County Region suspects that the British mutation is behind more children now being infected, compared with earlier during the pandemic. “Sometimes it is the children who are infected at school or at leisure activities and then take the infection home to their family,” says infection control doctor Malin Bengnér. “You can hear: At…

  • The head of infection control: Most people long to get vaccinated

    The head of infection control: Most people long to get vaccinated

    In Sweden, many want to get vaccinated, but the willingness to vaccinate in the EU and the rest of the world is also increasing according to the European Agency for Communicable Disease Control, ECDC. According to the ECDC, vaccination resistance is a big issue that they are following closely, but the situation is better than…

  • Prohibition of residence shall prevent the spread of infection in Jönköping

    Prohibition of residence shall prevent the spread of infection in Jönköping

    The municipality of Jönköping will ban people from staying in seven different parking spaces in the city, during evenings and nights during Easter. The purpose is to prevent car hits, which traditionally occur in connection with the motor show at Elmia in Jönköping. The fair has been canceled this year, but conversations in Facebook groups…

  • Important message to the public in Björklinge, Skuttunge, Läby in Uppsala municipality, Uppsala county.

    Important message to the public in Björklinge, Skuttunge, Läby in Uppsala municipality, Uppsala county.

    Obesity and a BMI over 30 are a strong risk factor for becoming seriously ill in covid-19 and it is now noticeable at the infection clinic in Jönköping County. “We have seen it throughout the pandemic, but it is clearer now,” says Jesper Svefors, chief physician. He says that some studies have shown that there…

  • Important message to the public in Björklinge, Skuttunge, Läby in Uppsala municipality, Uppsala county.

    Important message to the public in Björklinge, Skuttunge, Läby in Uppsala municipality, Uppsala county.

    42 reported cheating to the university’s Disciplinary and Separation Board during January and February. Jönköping University saw a doubling of cheating last year and the latest figures show that the trend continues. “We take this very seriously – therefore we try to be clear about what it is that applies,” says Vice-Chancellor Robert Gunnarsson.

  • Increased child COVID-19 cases in Sweden are due to virus variants

    STOCKHOLM, March 17 (Xinhua) – The number of confirmed COVID-19 cases among children is increasing in Sweden. Two weeks ago, almost one in five new infections was found in people aged 19 or younger, Dagens Nyheter reported on Wednesday. In comparison, less than 13 percent of the infections confirmed since the pandemic began involving people…

  • British corona mutation is becoming more common in Sweden

    British corona mutation is becoming more common in Sweden

    The variant of the coronavirus that was first discovered in the UK may be the dominant variant in more than half of the country’s 21 regions – according to statistics from the Swedish Public Health Agency. Kalmar, Gävleborg, Västernorrland, Stockholm and Jönköping have the largest estimated suspected proportion of the British variant, where, according to…

  • Right now

    Right now

    Two women are now wanted in custody on suspicion of aggravated procuring. The crimes were discovered after a police raid on massage parlors in several parts of the country. According to the arrest petition, the crimes took place in a town in Värmland, but also in Stockholm, Gothenburg and Jönköping during the winter.

  • Hult is running for MP’s party secretary

    Hult is running for MP’s party secretary

    Emma Hult, Member of Parliament from Jönköping, is running to become the Green Party’s new party secretary. After Märta Stenevi was elected to the Green Party’s female spokesperson in January this year, the assignment as party secretary became vacant. Emma Hult has been a member of parliament since 2014 and before that spoke for the…

  • The day that changed Vetlanda

    The day that changed Vetlanda

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  • Parents in Jönköping County repented – returned adopted children

    Parents in Jönköping County repented – returned adopted children

    Two parents in Jönköping County adopted a child of preschool age from another country, but after a year and a half with the child, the parents regretted it and wanted to return the adopted child. The child is now back in his home country, but the Ministry for Foreign Affairs has issued directives that the…

  • The deed in Vetlanda: Another man has left the hospital

    The deed in Vetlanda: Another man has left the hospital

    During the weekend, another man was allowed to leave the hospital after the violence in Vetlanda on Wednesday where seven men were injured. Three men had to leave last week, now another and now a total of three men are still being cared for in hospital, but the situation for them is stable according to…

  • The staff does not have the strength – intensive care units close

    The staff does not have the strength – intensive care units close

    For several of the country’s regions, the challenge in what is called the third wave of the pandemic is to find healthcare professionals who are able to work, shows a survey Ekot has done among regions and hospitals. In the Jönköping Region, they have been forced to cut back on the IVA places because those…

  • The situation is stable for the victims after the knife attack – several received intensive care

    The situation is stable for the victims after the knife attack – several received intensive care

    A total of eight people, including the suspected perpetrator, were injured during yesterday’s attack in Vetlanda. “The patients have received intensive care and are operated on for what is needed and are now judged to be stable. We have high hopes that it will not end with any deaths,” says Martin Takac, medical director for…

  • The municipality about the deed: A nightmare

    The municipality about the deed: A nightmare

    Due to yesterday’s act in which eight people were injured, Vetlanda municipality held a press conference during the morning. The act is described as a nightmare and an insane act by the municipal leaders. P4 Jönköping’s Lovisa Buvhammar summarizes what was said.

  • Vetlanda residents had to help the injured

    Vetlanda residents had to help the injured

    Eight people were injured when a man attacked Vetlanda on Wednesday. Vetlanda residents testify about how they were allowed to help injured people. “A bloody and injured man came into the flower shop next door, and they had to help him get to care,” says P4 Jönköping’s reporter, Rebecka Montelius, who has been in Vetlanda…

  • More are cared for in the intensive care unit again

    More are cared for in the intensive care unit again

    The number of patients receiving intensive care due to covid-19 is increasing. 14 of the country’s 21 regions are now reporting an upward trend. The latest statistics show that 240 patients are cared for in the IVA ward, compared with 197 ten days ago. The number of patients who are cared for in regular wards…

  • Ice safety expert: Do not go out on the ice

    Ice safety expert: Do not go out on the ice

    Several authorities are now issuing a joint appeal: do not go out on ice-covered lakes and streams. Since Thursday, eight men have died in accidents on lakes. Five of these in Jönköping County. “It’s absolutely horrible, it has been warned everywhere but it still happens,” says Jan Insulander at the Ice Safety Council.

  • Relatives say: This is how the accident happened

    Relatives say: This is how the accident happened

    Two summer cottage owners by the lake tried to save two fishermen who had passed through the ice. P4 Jönköping has talked to friends and family of some of the men, and according to them, two of the men must have been out fishing on the lake together. According to friends, the fishermen were experienced…

  • SHL-kollen: Malmö’s jump – from qualifying place to playoff place

    SHL-kollen: Malmö’s jump – from qualifying place to playoff place

    Malmö became a big winner in the refined SHL bottom battle after Thursday night. It was a 3-1 home win against Djurgården after Adam Johnson decided in the last period and thus Malmö leaves the qualifiers and jumps up to the playoffs. Linköping also looked to jump in the table when Josh Ho-Sang put 1-0…

  • District Court: 15-year-old guilty of causing another person’s death

    District Court: 15-year-old guilty of causing another person’s death

    Jönköping District Court today announced its decision in the evidence case against the 15-year-old who was involved in the death row in the city park in Huskvarna in August. The district court has concluded that the 15-year-old was guilty of aggravated assault and causing another person’s death, a felony. A 17-year-old was stabbed to death…