Clear News | Thursday 21.5.2026

Digital clinics. Housing market. Electric car fires. Weather.

Digital clinics

First, health news.

Digital clinics have not replaced regular doctor visits.

This is according to an experiment conducted in the Ostrobothnia welfare region. A digital clinic is a remote appointment with a doctor or nurse.

There are already digital clinics in almost every wellness area.

It was thought in advance that the digital clinic would reduce doctor visits by perhaps 40-50 percent. The experiment showed that the reduction was only 5 percent.

However, customers like digital clinics. Researchers believe that digital clinics will increasingly replace traditional appointments in the future.

Mortgages

Then about the mortgage.

The Bank of Finland says that changes to mortgage loans will not increase housing sales quickly.

For example, the government extended the maximum term of housing and housing company loans to 40 years.

The housing market in Finland has been quiet for a long time. Housing prices have fallen significantly.

The Bank of Finland estimates that the changes will not increase housing sales quickly but will increase housing prices later.

Electric car fires

Then about car fires.

The Rescue College has begun training in extinguishing electric vehicle fires.

More and more cars are electric. The Finnish Rescue Institute estimates that fires in electric cars are becoming more common.

Even now, electric cars catch fire 6-7 times a year. It is more difficult to turn off the battery of an electric car than a regular car.

When an electric car battery catches fire, the car can be cooled or cooling water can be added to the battery. A third method is to submerge the battery.

The Rescue College has begun training in extinguishing electric vehicle fires.

In this exercise, a burning car is cooled from the outside, or from below. The purpose is to prevent the chemical reaction from spreading in the battery cell.

Many thousands of liters of water are consumed.

Weather

Still a weather forecast.

It will rain a lot in Eastern Finland tomorrow.

It may rain a little elsewhere too.

The temperature is about 15 degrees in the rain and 20 degrees in the sunshine.