Swedish medical staff are leaving jobs in hospitals en masse

" “I’m afraid it’s going to get even worse,” said Karin Hildebrand, a cardiologist in the intensive care unit of the Sodersjukhuset hospital in Stockholm. “We all fear the coming weeks. We do not have enough personnel to deal with this.”

Nurses have left their jobs in large numbers since the beginning of the pandemic.

“Around 3,000 nurses have quit their jobs during the first 10 months of the year,” said Sineva Ribeiro, the president of the Swedish Association of Health Professionals. “Those who remained have been working very, very hard.”"