| Independent | |
| Name: | Maria Ekman |
| Year of birth: | 1969 |
| County: |
West Uusimaa |
| Town: | Kauniainen |
| Title: | Expert, columnist, nonfiction writer and Master in social sciences |
| Email: | maria@mariaekmankolari.com |
| Phone: | 0400577965 |
Maria
Ekman
West Uusimaa
"I'm upset! My motivation thrives from own experiences in public healthcare with diagnostic errors and inappropriate treatments. "
I'm 55 years old and divorced. I live with my parsonrusselterrier dog called Zorro in Kauniainen. He is my PT(=Parsonal trainer), my coach and mentor. I'm working within arts and antiques, write books and columns in different magazines. I also visit often my mother in her care home. I'm active in some cultural associations and chairman for De Sjukas Väl i huvudstadsregionen rf. In my spare time I do agility, hydrohex and talk a lot with my friends. I have a masters degree in social sciences from the University of Helsinki.
Important political topics
Accessible health care
It is too difficult to book appointments, too difficult to get diagnoses or treatment. For the 5600 euros every Finnish citizen paid for the healthcare through their taxes one assumes good treatment would be included.
Safe living
Society has to take care of people in a vulnerable situation - no one should be afraid of not getting medical care or help.
Safe elderly care
24/7 care of elderly doesn't meet up the need. One should get care as soon as it is needed. Elderly people often make ambulance trips to the ER jamming its activities while an effective home care would ease the situation. More rehabilitation is also needed so the elderly can stay in their homes without fear as long as possible. This way the situation in the hospitals would also be better in the future. More resources are needed!
Candidates answers in election machine
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Ambulance services should receive more resources so that the number of ambulances in the region increases rather than decreases.
2 / 14
Services should be maintained in the regional hospitals in Raseborg and Lohja.
3 / 14
The wellbeing services county of West Uusimaa should allocate more resources to language supplements to encourage staff to provide services in Swedish.
4 / 14
There should be more mobile services, such as health buses and remote consultations.
5 / 14
Wellbeing services counties must increase investments in preventive healthcare, even if it means that other types of care receive fewer resources.
6 / 14
A personal doctor system should be introduced to improve continuity of care, even if it requires extra resources for a while.
7 / 14
Wellbeing services counties should prohibit the use of temporary agency doctors.
8 / 14
More shelter spaces should be established to help individuals subjected to violence.
9 / 14
To shorten waiting times, wellbeing services counties should increase the use of service vouchers.
10 / 14
Healthcare should be centralized if it saves money or improves quality.
11 / 14
Funding and resources for rescue services should be prioritized higher, even if it means cuts in other sectors.
12 / 14
Undocumented migrants should have the right to non-urgent healthcare.
13 / 14
More emphasis should be placed on training healthcare staff in gender diversity and sexual diversity.
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