
Riikka Purra, the chairperson of the Finns Party, attended an election debate organised by MTV in Helsinki on 15 March 2023. Purra on Tuesday claimed, citing discussions with nursing associations, that nurses with insufficient Finnish skills are an “additional burden” that is driving employees away from the nursing sector. (Emmi Korhonen – Lehtikuva)
SILJA PAAVOLA, the chairperson of the Finnish Union of Practical Nurses (Super), has rejected the claim that employees with inadequate Finnish skills are a burden that is driving professionals away from the nursing sector.
“That isn’t true,” she said to Helsingin Sanomat on Tuesday. “If we didn’t have these people, workplaces would have even fewer employees and we’d be in an even worse situation. And that’d drive people away.”