Nurse shortage eats away at ward beds
Around half of the wellbeing services counties that took part in Yle's survey report closing some of their wards due to a lack of staff.
Source: yle.fi
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HUS: Helsinki hospitals severely overcrowded, emergency rooms full to capacity
The congestion and lengthy queues are due to a severe shortage of nurses, the Helsinki and Uusimaa Hospital District (HUS) said.
Source: yle.fi
Settlement found in protracted dispute over nurses' wages
The Finnish Union of Practical Nurses (Super) and Union of Health and Social Care Professionals (Tehy) have called off all industrial actions and stopped preparing for mass resignations.
Source: helsinkitimes.fi
Despite leadership's hopes and assurances, vote on patient safety bill divides Left Alliance
With four Left Alliance MPs absent and five voting against, fewer than half of the ruling party voiced its support for the controversial bill in the Finnish Parliament on Monday.
Source: helsinkitimes.fi
Tuesday's papers: Visa veto, low-temp living and nurses' nightmare
Opposition parties in Finland want to follow the path laid out by the Baltic states and Poland, while the government says that would conflict with EU law.
Source: yle.fi