Finland’s healthcare system has been rocked by a surge in refugees fleeing war and poverty in neighbouring Russia, and it wants to review the countrys health system for the first time in more than two decades.
The country has been forced to deal with an unprecedented number of refugees who have made the perilous journey across the border, arriving in Finland from Russia last month.
Finland’s national health care provider said it had seen more than 500 cases of coronavirus and another 3,500 infections.
The Finnish Health Service (HSE) has had to shut its clinics and shut down two hospitals.
There are about 100,000 refugees living in Finland, the majority of them from Syria and Iraq.
But the country has no capacity to cope with the influx of refugees and is struggling to cope.
HSE has been overwhelmed by an unprecedented influx of people who are not properly registered.
HSE spokeswoman Anna-Kari Kivinen told the Helsingin Sanomat newspaper the HSE would take up the issue with the Finnish government when it meets in the coming weeks.
“It is imperative that the Finnish Health System is prepared for the unprecedented influx.
If we don’t do it now, we will not be able to provide timely care for those who need it most,” she said.
In a letter to Finnish President Sauli Niinisto, the head of the Finnish Social Affairs Minister’s office, Raimo Välimäki, said the country had “serious problems” and “serious concerns”.
The HSE has said it will take measures to improve the health care system.
Finland has a long-term plan to provide healthcare to all of its population, but the current system is not working, according to the Helsinki Times newspaper.
According to Finland’s Department of Health, Finland has seen more cases of infectious diseases in 2016 than any other country.
Some of the cases were traced to a single person, and the source of the infection was unknown.
It has been reported that there are more than 100,00 cases of the coronaviruses coronavirochymosis and coronaviral encephalitis, with more than 10,000 deaths.
At least two people have died from the coronacovirus.
Health Minister Kari Huttunen said the HSU had been contacted by the Finnish parliament on Monday and would meet on Wednesday.
“We will work closely with our partners to ensure the health of the people and the health system,” she told reporters.
President Niinists government has said Finland will accept more refugees and will increase its contribution to the European Union’s resettlement programme, although the details have not been made public.
Last month Finland agreed to take in 1,400 refugees in exchange for 2,300 Syrian asylum seekers.
Finland will also take in up to 200 people from neighbouring Estonia and Latvia and will take 200 from Sweden.
Finland is home to more than 3 million refugees and asylum seekers, who have been in the country for decades.