Finland refuses EU request to accept critically ill patients from Gaza
Finland refuses EU request to accept critically ill patients from Gaza
The Finnish Ministry of Social Affairs and Health said the country does not have the resources needed to take in severely injured and sick people from the war-torn region.
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From the article:
The Financial Times newspaper reported that, based on WHO figures, over 9,000 patients are in need of urgent treatment as Gaza's health system has become overwhelmed. This number includes a list of 109 severely ill and injured children, which the WHO hoped would be treated in EU countries.
9000 / 27 = ~334
Meanwhile:
Norway has also committed to taking in 20 patients.
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The first 16 seriously injured children were evacuated to Spain in July.Peanuts.
Nope. The WHO hopes to get the children here, not everyone.
So 109/27 ≈ 4
So 20 and 16 is massive, not peanuts.
Also if splitting it by approx. the countries population it gets even lower. Finland has like 5.6 of ca. 450 million EU inhabitants. So that number goes down to like 100 people.
Finland is claiming that their health system cannot take in a hundred patients? If i was Finnish i would leave immediately and seek refugee, as their system must be at imminent collapse, according to their government.
Neoliberal conservative government practices neoliberal conservatism.
They also have an openly racist party in the government. Sannfinländarna, meaning "The true Finns"
Neoliberal conservative = Fascist Adjacent.
If i was Finnish i would leave immediately and seek refugee, as their system must be at imminent collapse, according to their government.
I'm Finnish and I know you're joking, but you're honestly not missing the truth much.
This place is absolutely overrated. "Happiest country in the world"? No, it isn't and no such study ever measures Finns Happiness.
I wonder how many of these studies are made by the tourism branch of economy to attract travellers.
Anyways, hope you're doing fine up there :)
I don't know if it was a tourism board or whatnot, but I know the misunderstanding there was. The study was about contentedness, not happiness per se, and in Finnish culture, complaining is sort of frowned upon, so basically some interviewers went on the street in several countries, and took down how people said they feel about something. And they ask if a Finnish person is content. And Finns don't really complain, so... next thing you know the study is being touted as having measured happiness and Finns having topped the list.
Anyways, hope you’re doing fine up there :)
Can't complain, thanks.