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Swedish man dies after swallowing toothpick
National: 13 May 13
A man in southern Sweden died after doctors failed to notice a toothpick stuck in his throat.
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Swedish doctor faces trial for killing baby
National: 19 Apr 13
A doctor in southern Sweden has been charged with manslaughter after his use of a ventouse during a 55-hour birth resulted in the death of a baby and serious injuries to the mother.
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Pensioner dies after removal of healthy kidney
Society: 13 Apr 13
An 81-year-old woman died shortly having a perfectly healthy kidney removed, a mistake which the National Board of Health and Welfare has concluded led to the woman's death.
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Woman dies after getting too much oxygen
Science & Technology: 20 Mar 13
An elderly woman from central Sweden is dead after receiving too much oxygen to help with breathing problems following an operation.
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Girl dies after docs think brain tumour is ADHD
Science & Technology: 28 Feb 13
An 8-year-old girl is dead after doctors in southern Sweden failed to diagnose her brain tumour, believing her symptoms may have been related to her ADHD medications.
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Dental drill fell into patient's lung
National: 28 Dec 12
A dental implant surgery turned into a nightmare as the dentist’s drill came unstuck, fell down the patient’s throat and landed in her right lung, an accident which has now been reported to the authorities.
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Surgeons lose scalpel in Swede's nose
Science & Technology: 17 Dec 12
Doctors have been unable to extract a piece of a scalpel that broke off and got lost in a patient's nose during a recent procedure at a clinic near Stockholm.
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Parents learn of teen's crash on Facebook
Science & Technology: 13 Nov 12
Parents of a 16-year-old girl taken to hospital after a car crash in central Sweden were shocked at having to find out about the incident through Facebook.
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Man left with rotting leg after hospital 'loses' him
National: 13 Oct 12
A 21-year-old Swedish man fears that he will be unable to walk unaided again after Linköping University Hospital lost track of him, leading to a delay in the treatment of a routine foot fracture.
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Transfusion tragedy as baby gets Hepatitis C
Science & Technology: 5 Oct 12
A baby with heart problems was infected with Hepatitis C on Thursday after a blood transfusion in a Gothenburg hospital.
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Swede forced to fake stroke to get x-ray
Society: 3 Oct 12
A Swedish man has reported his local hospital after being forced to fake stroke symptoms to finally get an x-ray, following years of debilitating headaches, high blood pressure and 47 trips to the hospital.
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Elderly woman dies after ambulance no-show
Science & Technology: 1 Oct 12
A 77-year-old woman who fell in her home in southern Sweden had her call for an ambulance refused when she told the duty nurse she had felt better after drinking some whiskey. The woman was found dead the next day.
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Patient waits eight hours in emergency ward, dies
Science & Technology: 26 Sep 12
A Gothenburg hospital has been reported to Swedish health authorities after a seriously ill patient was forced to wait eight hours in the emergency ward, only to then suffer a stroke and die.
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Paramedics opt for shift change, patient dies
Science & Technology: 17 Sep 12
A heart patient died after ambulance drivers who received the high priority call just as their shift was ending decided to swing by the station to change drivers, delaying their arrival to the patient's home.
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Teen skater charged after woman dies from crash
Society: 11 Sep 12
Charges have been filed against a 15-year-old boy following his involvement in a skateboarding accident where he crashed into a woman who later died from the fall.
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Fall from hospital bed kills elderly woman
Society: 8 Sep 12
An elderly woman died from the injuries she sustained after falling out of her hospital bed at Sundsvall’s hospital in northern Sweden, where more similar falls have occurred recently.
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81-year-old man falls from hospital window
National: 4 Sep 12
An elderly man has sustained serious injuries after falling five metres from a hospital window in western Sweden on Monday night.
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Surgeon removes woman's hip 'by mistake'
Science & Technology: 15 Jun 12
An experienced surgeon in eastern Sweden mistakenly removed the entire hip joint of a healthy 30-year-old woman and left it on the operating table during what was supposed to be a minor procedure to remove a small growth.
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Swedish woman swallows scalpels – dies
Society: 10 May 12
A patient at a Swedish psychiatric ward has died after swallowing two surgical implements while visiting a medical facility in Växjö in central Sweden.
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‘Sleeping’ patient was actually dead
Science & Technology: 3 May 12
A care home resident in western Sweden who was thought to be asleep on the floor was repeatedly ignored by nurses and eventually declared dead by an on-duty doctor.
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Stoned Swedish nurse ignored suffering patient
Science & Technology: 13 Apr 12
A Swedish night shift nurse has been fired from a Gothenburg hospital for being high on cannabis and failing to notice a patient's rapidly deteriorating condition.
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Man dies after twenty doctors ‘miss’ his cancer
National: 23 Mar 12
Some twenty physicians in northwestern Sweden failed to realize that a patient was suffering from cancer of the larynx until a few weeks before he died.
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Man dies after hospital mistakes stroke for drugs
National: 16 Mar 12
A Swedish man who had suffered a stroke later died in hospital after staff mistakenly thought he was on drugs, prompting the family to file a police report.
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Patient dies after being hit by hospital door
Science & Technology: 22 Feb 12
A patient exiting a Stockholm-area hospital has died after slamming into an automatic door.
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Agency to probe doc who broke baby’s collarbone
National: 10 Feb 12
A doctor in central Sweden who broke the collarbone of an infant during a 55 hour long delivery, is being investigated by the National Board of Health and Welfare.
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17-year-old dies after ambulance no-show
National: 9 Feb 12
Swedish emergency response service SOS Alarm has reported the death of a teenage boy to the National Board of Health and Welfare after the ambulance never turned up and his parents had to drive him to hospital.
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Resistant bacteria kills baby in Swedish hospital
Science & Technology: 3 Jan 12
A prematurely born baby, being treated in a Swedish hospital, died after being subjected to multi resistant bacteria, according to a new report.
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Patient dies after nine-hour ER wait
Science & Technology: 27 Dec 11
A patient who was forced to wait for nine hours in the emergency room at a hospital in Gothenburg in western Sweden died just fifteen minutes after finally being admitted.
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Inmate commits suicide at Swedish prison
National: 24 Aug 11
A man in his forties was found dead in his cell at a prison in Gothenburg on Tuesday morning, with the authorities confirming that he had taken his own life.
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Patient suicides on the rise in Sweden: report
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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Nurse charged over ambulance call fatality
National: 28 Jul 11
A nurse formerly employed at emergency services operator SOS Alarm has been charged with aggravated manslaughter for refusing to dispatch an ambulance to a dying 23-year-old, the prosecutor has confirmed.
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Louise, 34, loses breast 'by mistake'
Science & Technology: 19 Jul 11
A woman who had her breast removed in a Swedish hospital after being told that she had cancer, has since discovered that she was in fact cancer-free and her breast had been removed for no medical reason.
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Ambulance call denied: woman 'was still talking'
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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Swedish woman dies after ambulance no show
Society: 1 Jun 11
A Swedish woman died in hospital after being forced to call for an ambulance four times, according to a report filed with the National Board of Health and Welfare.
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Sweden plans to centralise cancer care
Politics: 23 May 11
Sweden plans to reduce the number of locations patients can receive care for certain types of cancer, in the hope of improving the overall quality of the care provided.
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New Swedish doc probed for missed cancer cases
Science & Technology: 19 May 11
Linköping University Hospital in central Sweden announced plans to review diagnoses by a doctor previously reported seven times for misdiagnosing cancer following revelations of similar errors at a Gothenburg hospital.
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Swedish doc missed 27 skin cancer cases
Science & Technology: 18 May 11
A doctor employed at Sahlgrenska University Hospital in Gothenburg in western Sweden missed at least 27 skin cancer diagnoses over a period of several years, the hospital confirmed on Wednesday.
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SOS service under review after ambulance errors
National: 17 May 11
Sweden's emergency response service SOS Alarm has been put under review by the health board after a man died after being refused an ambulance and a series of other recent cases deemed to endanger the welfare of patients.
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Swedish doc tore baby's windpipe during delivery
Society: 6 May 11
The delivery of a baby at a Stockholm hospital turned into a struggle of life and death when the doctor pulled and tugged to get the baby out, causing multiple brain haemorrhages and a torn windpipe.
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Man died after calls for ambulance ignored
National: 13 Apr 11
A 23-year-old man from Stockholm died after emergency help line operators opted not to send an ambulance, despite the man's repeated calls for help.
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Patient swallows Swedish dentist's drill bit
Science & Technology: 19 Jan 11
What was supposed to be a routine dental cleaning spiraled out of control for a patient in central Sweden when the end of the dentist's tool came loose.
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Man's penis amputated following misdiagnosis
Science & Technology: 29 Dec 10
A Swedish man was forced to have his penis amputated after waiting more than a year to learn he had cancer.
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Social insurance agency blamed for man's suicide
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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Hospital demands probe of Anna Lindh's care
National: 29 Sep 10
Karolinska University Hospital has requested an inquiry into the care it gave former foreign minister Anna Lindh after her fatal stabbing in September 2003.
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Hospital probed as patient dies in wait of operation
National: 13 Mar 10
Sahlgrenska University Hospital in Gothenburg has come under steep critcism after a woman with a serious bowel condition died, having been forced to wait seven hours for emergency treatment.
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Dental service probed as girl dies after toothache
Society: 9 Feb 10
The Swedish Welfare Board is set to investigate the Swedish Public Dental Service after a nine-year-old girl died following repeated visits to the dentist complaining of toothache and an abscess.
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Hospital failed to isolate infectious baby
Science & Technology: 3 Sep 09
A baby that doctors knew was infected with a strain of multiresistant bacteria was kept in a ward at the Västerås hospital with other premature babies for almost an entire day. One of the other babies was infected and later died.
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Rest home resident dies after swallowing false teeth
Science & Technology: 15 Jul 09
Health authorities in eastern Sweden have reported their own inaction to the National Board of Health and Welfare after an 85-year-old man swallowed his false teeth and died.
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Swedish hospitals fail to report patient injuries
Society: 13 Jul 09
County authorities systematically disregard the legal requirement to report patient injuries to the Swedish National Board of Health and Welfare, according to a Swedish press report.
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How do I know whether my doctor is any good?
Analysis & Opinion: 10 Jul 09
Ask The Local: Doctors in Sweden aren't immune to making mistakes. We offer some suggestions about how to learn more about your doctor's past performance.
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Stopping meds made Swedish woman's 'dementia' disappear
Society: 20 May 09
An 86-year-old Swedish woman who had been ill for several years and was thought to be suffering from dementia made a rapid and unexpected recovery when doctors stopped her medication.
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Woman given cancer medicine to treat headache
National: 4 Apr 09
An elderly woman in Karlshamn in southern Sweden went to her local pharmacy to get a prescription to treat her headaches. She was instead given a potentially lethal treatment against breast cancer.
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Charges filed after psychiatric patient's heroin death
National: 14 Oct 08
Manslaughter charges have been filed against a 34-year-old man from Borås who helped a woman commit suicide by giving her an overdose of heroin.
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Doctors mistake woman's ovary for her appendix
Science & Technology: 7 Oct 08
A Swedish woman was supposed to have her appendix removed, but when the operation was completed she discovered surgeons had instead removed one of her ovaries and a Fallopian tube.
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Psychiatric patient's suicide prompts inquiry
National: 16 Sep 08
A 32-year-old mental patient was discovered on Wednesday of last week hanging unconscious in his room from a noose fashioned out of bed sheets.
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Woman dies during Caesarean birth
Science & Technology: 3 May 06
A woman died at Söder hospital in Stockholm during a Caesarean section operation over the holiday weekend, it has been reported. Her baby survived.
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Hospital warns of baby mix-up risk
Science & Technology: 4 Apr 06
A hospital in Jönköping has warned that delays of several weeks in allocating personal numbers to newborn babies could lead to mix-ups in the maternity ward.
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