Why did it take so long for an ambulance to reach a family’s home in Karjalohja after receiving an emergency call about their six-month-old baby, Liam, who was unresponsive when his father tried to wake him from a nap?
On Boxing Day, the healthy baby boy suddenly stopped breathing, and help did not reach him in time. It took 35 minutes for the ambulance to arrive, and the fact that Liam's case was classified as non-urgent contributed to the paramedics' lengthy response time, according to Helsingin Sanomat.
"In the emergency call, we said that we found Liam unresponsive. Only later were we told that if a person is found unresponsive, help is not sent urgently. If we had worded it differently, perhaps said that the child had stopped breathing, help would have arrived," said the mother, who blames herself for saying the wrong term on the phone at a crucial moment.
According to the parents, the paramedics immediately determined that there was no heartbeat. They did not continue resuscitation. There was no doctor on site.
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From screens to scripture
Studies have shown that Finland's youth are increasingly irreligious, but fresh figures from Finland's Evangelical Lutheran Church in Helsinki suggest a different trend, Hufvudstadsbladet reports.
Last year, more new members joined the Lutheran church than at any other time since 2000.
Young Helsinki residents are showing a growing interest in religion. According to recent membership statistics from the church in Helsinki, the number of confirmed increased in 2024 for the second year in a row.
But more 13–15-year-olds are also registering with the church. Compared to the years before the pandemic, the number of newly registered teenagers in this age group has now doubled. Among them, more boys than girls are joining congregations.
Last year, a total of 2,170 Helsinki residents joined the Evangelical Lutheran Church — 300 more than the previous year and representing the highest number of registrations in the 21st century. However, 6,089 people left the church in 2024.
Nordnet problems
Kauppalehti follows up on Nordnet's service outage this week, which resulted in some users' details being visible to others.
The online broker says that during the technical problems it experienced, the company found only one unauthorised transaction across the entire Nordic region.
Nordnet's Country Manager for Finland, Suvi Tuppurainen, told KL that the unauthorised transaction involved a Finnish customer, whose stocks were sold for approximately 7,400 euros.
According to Tuppurainen, the transaction was reversed and the shares were returned to the customer. There were no tax implications, she added.
Nordnet has said that the login issues were caused by a malfunctioning software component but that the root cause is still being investigated.
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