Sweden has introduced new regulations in the Health and Medical Services Act requiring one healthcare region to assist another region in a severe crisis. Previously, such aid was voluntary. The government will decide when help should be provided.
The law change was made based on lessons from the war in Ukraine, where patients are distributed across the country. The assistance could involve taking over patients and sending personnel, medicines, medical equipment, or ambulances, according to Bruno Ziegler at the National Board of Health and Welfare.
The assistance could involve taking over patients and sending personnel, medicines, medical equipment, or ambulances