Clear News | Wednesday 14.10.2026

Well-being areas. Ambulance flights. Metso Library celebrates 40 years. Weather.

Welfare areas are reducing employees

First, about the healthcare sector.

Welfare regions are cutting jobs in the care sector due to savings. A Yle survey shows that the regions will cut at least 2,700 person-years this year.

Welfare areas provide social welfare and healthcare.

They also include rescue operations.

Welfare areas reduce jobs in the care sector.

For example, Central Finland is holding its ninth ever collective bargaining negotiations, where the employer and employees are negotiating job cuts.

Shop steward Anne Puronaho describes the situation:

- The work of a shop steward has changed radically.

There are 21 welfare regions in Finland.

Ambulance flights

Now about ambulance flights.

The number of air ambulance flights can reach over a thousand per year. Air ambulances quickly transport patients to a hospital where they receive advanced treatment.

More flights are needed if treatment is concentrated in fewer hospitals. Currently, there are only dozens of flights per year.

The Ministry of Finance proposes that the number of welfare areas be reduced.

The number of ambulance flights can reach over a thousand per year.

Air ambulances are faster and cheaper than regular ambulances over long distances.

Metso celebrates 40 years

Finally, famous architecture.

Tampere Main Library Metso turns 40 this autumn.

Architects Raili and Reima Pietilä designed a new library for Tampere. It is one of the most famous buildings in Finland.

People come to admire Metso from all over the world.

From above, the house resembles a capercaillie, a forest grouse bird, spreading its wings and tail.

Tampere’s main library, Metso, is celebrating its 40th anniversary. Metso was a protest against the boxy architecture of the 1980s. It was a bold choice by the city of Tampere.

Metso has also taken accessibility into account.

Weather

Still a weather forecast.

Thursday will be cloudy. Temperatures will vary between 2 and 12 degrees.

The afternoon is windy.

The wind is strong in the north.

In parts of Lapland, it is sleet or snowing.