February 13, 2012
The following articles have been tagged with "Healthcare":
Society: 6 Feb 12
An 89-year-old man from southern Sweden has been convicted of assault after ramming his shopping cart into that of another shopper.
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National: 14 Jan 12
A nursing assistant suspected of having hit a patient with dementia in the head with a broom at a nursing home in Båstad, in southern Sweden has been reported to police following the incident.
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Science & Technology: 28 Dec 11
Many Somalis in Sweden feel dismissed when visiting a doctor in Sweden, according to a new study, which shows that many end up looking abroad for medical treatment as a result.
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Business & Money: 19 Dec 11
Sweden needs to implement tighter controls of new rules governing foreign labour migration, according to the OECD, which nevertheless concluded that the 2008 reforms have worked fairly well.
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National: 12 Dec 11
A third of the staff working in Sweden's largest hospital emergency room believe it's the woman's fault if she is physically abused, according to a new Swedish study.
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Analysis & Opinion: 5 Dec 11
The Swedish media's obsession with investigating the ties Queen Silvia's father had to the Nazis during the Third Reich is misplaced, argues former Royal Court information secretary Juan Navas.
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Business & Money: 15 Nov 11
Healthcare provider Carema, recently ditched by the City of Stockholm after a series of revelations of neglect, has denied reports that staff left a dementia patient to die alone in front of a television.
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Business & Money: 14 Nov 11
Finance minister Anders Borg announced plans on Monday to close loopholes in the Swedish tax code following criticism that healthcare companies are using complicated schemes to avoid paying taxes in Sweden.
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Analysis & Opinion: 7 Nov 11
Sweden can't afford to keep discriminating against those living in the suburbs and thereby missing out on the payback of years of investment in education and skills, journalist Carlos Rojas argues.
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Society: 5 Nov 11
A recent survey reveals that Swedes are breaking down the barriers between their work and private lives by showing more emotion on the job, even in front of top management.
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Politics: 29 Oct 11
After a number of cases of patients being denied care, sometimes with lethal outcomes, Sweden’s public healthcare system is set to be audited.
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Lifestyle: 13 Oct 11
Sweden is home to hundreds of castles featuring tales of bloodthirsty royals, quirky millionaires, adult-rated films, and other untold secrets. Check out The Local's selection of some of the country's more memorable manors.
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Science & Technology: 10 Oct 11
As growing numbers of Swedes choose private healthcare, The Local's Clara Guibourg explores what's behind the trend and what it could mean for the quality of Sweden's public healthcare system.
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Society: 22 Sep 11
A vaccination programme to combat cervical cancer has suffered further delays after GlaxoSmithKline appealed a deal agreed between Swedish health authorities and a rival firm.
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National: 7 Sep 11
The distraught mother of a 22-year-old Swedish woman who died after being denied an ambulance because she was “still talking” has reported the incident to health authorities in a desperate search for answers.
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National: 6 Sep 11
Half of Sweden's courtroom interpreters are so poor that they represent a threat to the functioning of the country's legal system, researchers have warned.
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Society: 31 Aug 11
Swedes are increasingly using mobile phone cameras to document their contact with the healthcare system, prompting authorities to act to curb the practice.
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Society: 24 Aug 11
Swedish doctors have come under fire for advice to women born into so-called honour cultures to pierce their genitals with a needle in order to draw blood on their wedding nights to satisfy tradition and the expectations of their families.
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Society: 23 Aug 11
Suicides among patients within the Swedish healthcare system are increasing, new figures from the National Board of Health and Welfare reveal
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Society: 2 Aug 11
More Swedish lesbians than gay men have taken advantage of rules allowing same-sex couple's to get married, new statistics show.
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National: 31 Jul 11
A recipe of summer fun, a little sun, and unprotected sex have brought a spike in the number of cases of gonorrhoea in Stockholm, according to new statistics.
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Society: 13 Jul 11
38,000 scouts from 150 countries are set to descend on Kristianstad in southern Sweden for an annual jamboree as an outbreak of measles in Europe has organisers urging vaccination to prevent infection.
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National: 9 Jul 11
The Swedish ambassador to Ethiopia was allowed to see the two jailed Swedish journalists in Addis Ababa on Friday in what is seen as a positive step by observers.
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Science & Technology: 8 Jul 11
Where you live can have a significant effect on what level of sex healthcare you're offered, according to a recent study from a Swedish sex education agency.
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National: 7 Jul 11
The two Swedish journalists jailed in Ethiopia are headed for the capital Addis Abeba, according to recent reports from Sweden's Foreign Ministry.
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Science & Technology: 7 Jul 11
A group from a Swedish science organisation, with astronaut Christer Fuglesang in the lead, took an overdose of sleeping pills in Almedalen, at 2 p.m. Thursday afternoon, in order to disprove the effects of homeopathy.
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Politics: 3 Jul 11
Swedish politicians, journalists and lobbyists have gathered on Gotland to partake in Almedalsveckan, an annual political event that is set to cost Swedish authorities 5.2 million kronor ($829,000) according to a Swedish newspaper.
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Science & Technology: 24 Jun 11
New statistics show that a serious shortage of healthcare substitutes during the summer months pose a significant threat to patient safety, according to Vårdförbundet, the Swedish Association of Health Professionals.
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Science & Technology: 21 Jun 11
A new Swedish chewing gum promising to keep users "looking their best" has nutrition experts and consumer watchdogs up in arms.
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National: 16 Jun 11
A Swedish doctor has been reported to health authorities for prescribing massive amounts of narcotics to three young adults, after which they overdosed and died.
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National: 14 Jun 11
A woman from northern Sweden died after four calls placed over a four day period requesting to have an ambulance sent to her home were ignored.
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Society: 9 Jun 11
The number of Swedish women who fall victim to work-related injuries is growing, according to a new study from a Swedish insurance company.
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Politics: 8 Jun 11
Sweden's centre-left opposition political parties have more support among voters than the governing centre-right Alliance, according to a poll by Statistics Sweden.
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Politics: 16 May 11
The Red-Green opposition claimed 45.8 percent of the vote in the election re-run in Västra Götaland in western Sweden on Sunday, with the Alliance parties polling 42.3 percent and the Sweden Democrats 5.8 percent.
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Politics: 14 May 11
The Social Democrats have once again emphasised their committment to public healthcare services ahead of tomorrow’s by-election in Västra Götaland.
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Politics: 3 May 11
As a county council election re-run nears in western Sweden, the Social Democrats are losing ground and the Red-Greens stand to surrender power, according to a new poll published on Tuesday.
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Society: 27 Apr 11
A Swedish foundation on Tuesday recognised Congolese activist Murhabazi Namegabe for his efforts to free child soldiers and sex slaves in the Democratic Republic of Congo.
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National: 21 Apr 11
The nurse who refused to send an ambulance to a 23-year-old Stockholm man who later died had been reported several times prior to the incident, which a top health official referred to as a tragedy.
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Analysis & Opinion: 21 Apr 11
The abortion issue, long largely dormant in the Swedish popular discourse, has reemerged as a point of contention after two researchers called for a review of legislation framed in the 1970s, The Local's Peter Vinthagen Simpson explains.
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Society: 20 Apr 11
The government must do more to ensure that Sweden takes advantage of the benefits brought by highly educated foreigners who come to the country, Sweden's national auditor has argued.
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Science & Technology: 18 Apr 11
Around 3,000 people die every year in Sweden because of deficient patient safety, according to two leading doctors, who argue that Sweden needs to do more to address the problem.
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Politics: 10 Apr 11
Fredrik Reinfeldt surprised the Social Democrats by declining an offer to debate newly installed party leader Håkan Juholt ahead of new elections scheduled for Västra Götaland County in May.
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Science & Technology: 6 Apr 11
A 10-month-old baby suffering from malnutrition was hospitalised after Swedish healthcare workers failed to follow up on the case due to the onset of the summer holiday season.
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Society: 31 Mar 11
Prescriptions of antidepressants continue to rise in Sweden, according to new statistics from the National Board of Health and Welfare.
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Analysis & Opinion: 30 Mar 11
Sweden's parliament met on Wednesday to debate migration and asylum policy at the behest of the Sweden Democrats, who found themselves marginalized alongside the Left Party, The Local's Peter Vinthagen Simpson reports.
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Politics: 26 Mar 11
Håkan Juholt, the new leader of Sweden's Social Democrat party, attacked the government's record on youth unemployment, child poverty and 'growing divides' in society, in his inaugural speech on Saturday.
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National: 25 Mar 11
Around 30 Swedish kidney patients have travelled abroad since the 1980s to have transplants using organs bought from impoverished people in foreign countries, according to an unpublished study from Karolinska University Hospital.
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Education: 23 Mar 11
Stockholm School of Economics has overtaken Karolinska Institutet in an annual ranking of Sweden's top 30 universities and colleges.
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Analysis & Opinion: 23 Mar 11
Many employers require foreign-earned diplomas and certifications to be translated and verified according to Swedish standards; an often expensive and time-consuming process, The Local's Karen Holst has found.
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Society: 9 Mar 11
Intoxicated Swedes apprehended by police would be placed in sobriety centres rather than jail cells, according to a forthcoming government report on dealing with substance abuse.
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Science & Technology: 7 Mar 11
Swedish health authorities haven't dealt with a single malpractice case since taking over responsibility for managing patient complaints at the start of the year.
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Politics: 3 Mar 11
Sweden's centre-right Alliance government and the Green Party have reached an agreement on changes to the country's immigration policies specifically designed to diminish the influence of the anti-immigrant Sweden Democrats.
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Politics: 3 Mar 11
Illegal immigrants in Sweden should in future have the right to free healthcare and education, and be able to start their own companies, the government has agreed.
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Society: 3 Mar 11
Swedes may soon be asked to pay up to 2,200 kronor a year for using the public healthcare system.
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Business & Money: 2 Mar 11
Sweden's Left Party has set its sights on stopping the privatisation of Sweden’s largely publicly-funded healthcare system.
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Business & Money: 21 Feb 11
English-speaking professionals in other European countries form a growing and valuable market. Reach:Europe, launched today by The Local, helps advertisers reach nearly 6 million of these high-earning consumers with one phone call.
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Politics: 4 Feb 11
Sweden's Green Party has announced that it wants to reduce or even remove conditions for immigration on the grounds of family reunification.
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Science & Technology: 20 Jan 11
While Sweden’s health system now delivers care to 90 percent of patients within prescribed time limits, social affairs minister Göran Hägglund believes too many Swedes are forced to wait too long for the care they need.
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Science & Technology: 19 Jan 11
A discovery by researchers at Lund University in southern Sweden on how Parkinson's disease spreads to the brain may lead to new treatments.
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National: 16 Jan 11
The Swedish government is considering taking advantage of the good reputation its healthcare system has overseas and promoting the concept for export abroad.
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Society: 12 Jan 11
Sweden has appointed a special elderly care coordinator to help address deficiencies in healthcare and other services the country provides its older residents.
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Business & Money: 4 Jan 11
The cost of paying for harm done to patients in the Swedish healthcare system has nearly doubled in the last decade, according to a new report.
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Society: 2 Dec 10
A 19-year-old girl in Sundsvall in northern Sweden who is alleged to have poisoned her mother over a period of months with a combination of pills and mushrooms has been charged with assault.
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National: 24 Nov 10
A hospital in central Sweden refused to perform an operation on a 16-year-old unaccompanied refugee boy because the doctor didn't think the hospital would be reimbursed for the procedure.
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Society: 21 Nov 10
An increasing number of foreign companies are deciding to locate their regional headquarters in Stockholm, according to a recent study.
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Science & Technology: 11 Nov 10
Patients and medical professionals in Sweden will soon be able access electronic medical records online, a government health official announced this week.
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Science & Technology: 8 Nov 10
The Swedish medical community is increasingly turning to what many patients consider a rather unappealing antidote for battling resistant 'superbug' bacteria.
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Society: 2 Nov 10
The cost of drug, alcohol and prescription medicine abuse amounts to 150 billion kronor ($22.4 billion) per annum, according to an ongoing government inquiry.
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Politics: 16 Oct 10
Sweden's new integration minister Erik Ullenhag is hopeful that Sweden will extend healthcare services and schooling to illegal immigrants, despite opposition from Alliance government colleagues.
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Business & Money: 13 Oct 10
Swedish holding firm and Wallenberg family powerhouse Investor indicated in its interim report that it is prepared to dig deep and invest when the time is right, as its asset portfolio showed a 9 percent increase.
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Society: 7 Oct 10
A man who had been suffering from depression took his own life just two weeks after being told by the Social Insurance Agency that he should seek full-time work, the man's relatives have told a welfare board inquiry.
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Politics: 29 Sep 10
Active Sweden Democrats will not be allowed to be members in one of Sweden's main healthcare professionals unions, the chair of the labour group said on Wednesday, prompting claims from the party that they are "politically corrupt."
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Politics: 18 Sep 10
Sweden's welfare state overshadowed the possible entrance into parliament of the far-right Sweden Democrats in the final televised party leader debate before elections on Sunday.
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Society: 17 Sep 10
Ten language students from Thailand have been admitted to Uppsala University Hospital with suspected mushroom poisoning after making a stew from the death cap mushroom.
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Analysis & Opinion: 16 Sep 10
Few would argue with the merits of a clean house, yet Swedes don't seem ready to sweep the issue of hiring domestic help under the rug. And as Paul O'Mahony discovers, controversial tax breaks are only part of the story.
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Analysis & Opinion: 7 Sep 10
Here's a look at the Social Democrats, bidding to assume power at the head of the Red-Green coalition.
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National: 30 Aug 10
The number of organ donors in Sweden has declined for the second consecutive year, and is now at an eight year low, new statistics show. Despite the situation the welfare board has no plans to review guidelines for respirator care.
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Science & Technology: 28 Aug 10
The Swedish Board of Health and Welfare has written to the government to request permission to publish online the names, qualifications and current professional status of all certified workers in the healthcare sector.
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Society: 26 Aug 10
The number of people suffering from serious abuse of alcohol and drugs has increased by 20 and 15 percent respectively over the past decade, new figures show, while only a fifth of abusers get the help they need.
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Business & Money: 20 Aug 10
Swedes prioritise the challenge over remuneration when looking to change job, a new survey ranking priorities among job-seekers published on Friday has shown.
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National: 30 Jun 10
The Swedish Health and Welfare Board has called for an end to the requirement that all those seeking to change gender must be single and sterilised in a new report which argues that existing legislation is out of date.
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National: 28 Jun 10
The Swedish taxpayer spent 1.4 billion ($181 million) in connection with the mass vaccination programme against the swine flu last autumn and the Association of Local Authorities and Regions has called for an inquiry.
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Society: 17 Jun 10
Ingemar Eliasson, who was Marshal of the Realm - the most senior official at the Swedish Royal Court - until this year, talks to The Local about how Crown Princess Victoria's wedding shows how the monarchy has modernized.
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Politics: 14 May 10
A majority of Swedes believe that the Alliance government has the best policies for the economy, taxes and businesses, according to a survey by Novus Opinion.
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National: 29 Apr 10
Doctors in western Sweden are refusing to carry out the circumcision of boys, despite clearance by elected officials to carry out the procedure for non-medical reasons.
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Society: 28 Apr 10
Martina Children's Hospital in Stockholm is based on a unique concept that bypasses the general practitioner to give children direct access to pediatric specialists.
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Society: 26 Apr 10
The Swedish National Board of Health and Welfare has advised that a 32-year-old woman who is completely paralysed and has been on a respirator since she was six has the right to decide to terminate her treatment.
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National: 24 Mar 10
A 70-year-old Swedish man suffering from Lou Gehrig's Disease has taken his own life after demanding the right to assisted suicide in a letter to the welfare board on Monday.
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Science & Technology: 24 Feb 10
Swedish researchers have found that as many as two out of three people diagnosed as allergic can eat peanuts without any problems at all.
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National: 18 Feb 10
Swedish tourists who get caught up in natural disasters and other crises abroad will in future have to pay for their own healthcare and trips home, Foreign Minister Carl Bildt has said.
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Science & Technology: 17 Feb 10
There is no evidence to support the contention that the influenza vaccine administered to the over 65s is of any more use than opening the windows and washing your hands, a new study claims.
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National: 1 Feb 10
The paediatrician suspected of the alleged mercy killing of a baby at Astrid Lindgren's Children's Hospital in Stockholm in September 2008 has been charged with manslaughter.
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Society: 27 Jan 10
A doctor’s insufficient Swedish skills are being blamed for delaying the removal of a patient’s tumour by nearly two months, prompting concern among health officials about the number of doctors who don’t speak the language well enough.
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National: 26 Jan 10
A knife-wielding student at a college in western Sweden is recovering in hospital after being shot by a police officer on Tuesday morning.
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Science & Technology: 21 Jan 10
School nurses in Uppsala in eastern Sweden will soon begin prescribing children exercise in order to combat increasing obesity among teenage boys.
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Education: 20 Jan 10
The Stockholm School of Economics in Riga is planning to start a Swedish-owned hospital in the Latvian capital in order to raise the standards of the country's hospitals and to remove some of the burden from the Swedish healthcare system.
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Society: 30 Nov 09
A Muslim woman from Stockholm who was denied a job as a dentist after refusing to wear short-sleeved work clothes for religious reasons has lost her discrimination case against the Swedish Public Dental Service.
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Society: 27 Nov 09
Surgeons should be able to demand that a patient refrains from smoking in the period before and after an operation, the director-general of the Swedish Welfare Board argued on Friday.
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Science & Technology: 26 Nov 09
Swedish health officials said on Thursday that the spread of swine flu has tapered off somewhat in the last week.
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Society: 17 Nov 09
Nearly 300 sets of parents in western Sweden received letters from regional health authorities urging them to choose a paediatric clinic for their dead children.
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As diverse as Sweden is, there are a few societal norms that are distinctly Swedish. Understanding a handful of them will hopefully prepare you culturally before you relocate. When you're invited home to a Swede, you better be on time and take your shoes off, writes expat Lola Akinmade-Åkerström. Read more »
Sweden is a country where almost everyone can speak English. So why bother to learn Swedish? Edina Varnagy from Hungary managed with English for a whole year but then found that Swedish could open doors – to a job, a social life and greater understanding. Read more »
"The ice dripped in the winter sun. It was the first day when the light had been intense enough to cause dripping in the sunlight. To hear it was an extraordinary wakeup call. The cycle was happening again as it always does, always will (or so we think). I imagined that on my summer island, the bees..." READ »
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