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Hospitals are experiencing a shortage of nurses to treat coronavirus patients and hospital managers are concerned about where to find more workers. It is hoped nurses can be pulled from the private sector and by further reorganizing work in medical centers.
During a special committee meeting in the Riigikogu, hospital managers voiced concerns about staffing levels.
Head of East Tallinn Central Hospital Ralf Allikvee said the survival of hospitals depends on people sacrificing their freedom and following the new rules.
He also said staff duties could be changed to allow nurses to work more flexibly than normal. The law could be changed. In a pandemic situation, allow hospitals to temporarily assign additional tasks to employees that are not usually covered by employment contracts. The transferal of staff from one unit to another. Organize work in such a way as to employ the staff that exists today, he said.
0 >A health care worker treating a coronavirus patient at Tallinn s North Estonia Medical Center. Source: PERH
On Monday morning, 711 coronavirus patients were being treated in hospitals across the country - a record high number. ERR s Estonian news portal looked at the data and found 349 patients are being treated in hospitals in Tallinn.
130 patients are being treated at the North Estonia Medical Center (PERH), 111 at East Tallinn Central Hospital (ITK) and 108 at West Tallinn Central Hospital (LTKH).
Ida-Viru Central Hospital has 68, the fourth highest number of patients, and Tartu University Hospital is treating 64 patients with COVID-19. There are 52 patients in Narva Hospital and 45 in Pärnu Hospital.
0 >Estonia s first COVID-19 vaccine was given to resident-doctor Jelena Rozinko in Kohtla-Järve in Ida-Viru County on December 27. Source: Sergei Stepanov/ERR
Elderly people who managed to book a weekend vaccination on the first day of testing of Estonia s digital vaccination registration system might not really have a reservation. People whose booking does not show up in the Digilugu digital registration system could miss out on the vaccine shot despite a booking confirmation from the system.
The digital registration pilot project was opened on Thursday and allows people in the 65-69 age group to register for vaccination this weekend. The system that offers a total of 6,000 appointments was quickly overloaded with requests that caused it to manifest several errors and go offline at times.
2020 12 months and IV quarter consolidated unaudited interim report
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COMMENTARY FROM MANAGEMENT Merko Ehitus posted revenue of approximately EUR 106 million for the fourth quarter of 2020, while total revenue for the whole year was EUR 316 million. The group’s fourth quarter 2020 net profit was EUR 10 million and its annual net profit grew over 40%, amounting to EUR 23 million. In coordination with the supervisory board, the group s management board proposes to pay shareholders one euro per share in dividends. The management is satisfied with the results of 2020 and thanks all the group’s employees for their good work, especially considering the restrictions due to the pandemic. The group earned more