The future of Estonian healthcare

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Emergency services for a fee

My recommendation would be to make ambulance services paid. Since I work in the ambulance service in Tallinn, I see how many calls are not emergencies but rather a convenience service. It’s easy to call 112, and three staff members come and give paracetamol – people have no sense of responsibility for their health at all, nor for their children. ‘I am a taxpayer, and I can call an ambulance whenever I want’ is a quite common phrase told to the crew. It’s sad. The state’s budget suffers, and so do those who are genuinely in need of emergency care!

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Laura Healthcare

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Krista

An Estonian person waits for the 12th hour with a heart attack, thinking, ‘Why should I bother anyone?’ They could never afford such a service themselves, and many have been ‘saving up’ their whole lives just to get help in a dire emergency. The person making the suggestion is probably healthy and young.

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7 thoughts about the healthcare sector’s main problems

  1. Health concerns are not solved by the healthcare sector alone in the big picture, but rather by the economic success of society and the understanding at all levels of society that investing in health is worthwhile.
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Three years of mandatory work in Estonian healthcare

A significant part of the shortage of doctors is due to the fact that they go abroad to work after graduating. The shortage of nurses, on the other hand, is caused by the fact that they move to the private sector, for example, to aesthetic medicine. If a requirement were …
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Emergency Medical Helicopter Service for Estonia

Estonia needs a modern and specialized emergency medical helicopter! Our emergency medical system is of very high quality. However, distances are long, and the timely and safe transport of time-critical patients to hospitals could be faster and more secure. To ensure that rapid emergency medical assistance reaches everyone, Estonia needs a specialized …
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