Sophiahemmet University College in Sweden is offering a basic medical training to workers of the SAS airline who are currently out of work. Airline workers are often used to working in high-pressure situations with difficult-to-manage customers, and so theoretically have a calm nature and people-skills that might make them suitable workers for a crisis like coronavirus.

The public health system in Sweden, as everywhere, is under immense strain. At the same time, many people are unable to work because of new regulations in place to manage the transmission. As such, this solution mobilises some of the out of work people, employing their skills in possibly new and helpful ways for society.

Sophiahemmet University College; SAS airline