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Agency to probe doc who broke baby’s neck

National: 10 Feb 12
A doctor in central Sweden who broke the neck of an infant during a 55 hour long delivery, is being investigated by the National Board of Health and Welfare. READ »

Swedish nurses up in arms over doc's extra pay

Business & Money: 11 Jan 12
Nurses at a hospital in central Sweden who received a modest pay raise for working the Christmas weekend are disgruntled upon learning that the physician who was on duty at the same time earned a whopping six times his normal pay. READ »

Stockholm elderly care scandal widens

Society: 2 Nov 11
Employees from yet another elderly care facility in Stockholm have revealed how major cut backs have meant staff shortages and sometimes no toilet paper. In one case, a elderly man was made to sleep on the floor for months. READ »

'Nothing can bring her back': mother

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. READ »

Docs top list of Swedes' 'sexiest' professions

Business & Money: 26 Aug 11
People looking for a profession that will help boost their sex appeal among Swedes of both sexes would be well served to bone up on biology and anatomy, a new survey has revealed. READ »

Lis, 69, forced to sleep in Swedish hospital toilet

Science & Technology: 4 Aug 11
A 69-year-old woman was forced to sleep and eat in a toilet during a recent hospital stay in southern Sweden due to overcrowding. READ »

Authorities decline to report suspended nurses

National: 20 Jul 11
Local authorities in Norrköping in eastern Sweden have elected not to report two assistant nurses suspected of maltreating elderly patients at a nursing home to the police. READ »

Contraceptive coil miss causes 25 years of pain

National: 13 Jul 11
Chronic pain, bleeding and a miscarriage – these were all ailments that befell a woman from the north of Sweden, caused by a forgotten contraceptive coil lodged in her body for a quarter of a century. READ »

Nurses suspended after maltreating elderly

National: 8 Jul 11
The two assistant nurses charged with maltreatment of their elderly patients have been asked to leave their jobs again following a new investigation into the scandal-struck nursing home. READ »

Nurse pressed vomit down patient's throat

National: 6 Jul 11
Two nurses at a nursing home in Norrköping, in central Sweden, harassed their patients both verbally and physically. The scandal was revealed in March, but the two nurses are already back at work, according to a local newspaper report. READ »

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. READ »

Swedish women prone to workplace injuries: study

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. READ »

Sweden's free school profits debate heats up

Analysis & Opinion: 30 May 11
While applications to start privately-run, publicly-funded free schools are on the rise in Sweden, there is nevertheless gathering unease about the suitability of schools being run by private companies, The Local's Geoff Mortimore explains. READ »

Profit pressures rise for troubled ambulance firm

Society: 22 May 11
Ambulance and emergency response provider SOS Alarm is being pushed to reach higher profits despite several cancelled contracts and increasing dissatisfaction with the company. READ »

'Sweden must do more to utilise foreign grads'

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. READ »

Foreign-born rule the ranks of Sweden's bakers

Society: 4 Mar 11
Sweden's bakers and confectioners make up the profession with the highest proportion of workers born outside Europe, new statistics show. READ »

Minister takes aim at free school 'profits'

Education: 25 Feb 11
Sweden's education minister Jan Björklund has sharpened his tone against privately-run "free schools", conceding that there are several indications that profit takes precedence over quality. READ »

Swede narrowly misses FIFA best goal award

Sport: 10 Jan 11
Swedish striker Linus Hallenius was among the finalists to take home FIFA's award for the "most beautiful" goal of 2010, but lost out to Hamit Altintop of Turkey. READ »

Swedish medical errors prove ever more costly

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. READ »

Botched Swedish breast job patient's file faked

Science & Technology: 26 Nov 10
The medical file of a woman from southern Sweden who remains in a coma three months after a botched breast augmentation procedure in Poland was changed after the surgery, media reports revealed on Friday. READ »

Sweden Democrats slam unions over freeze out

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." READ »

What's On in Sweden: September 3rd - 9th

Lifestyle: 2 Sep 10
What’s on in Sweden: Alternative circus in Stockholm, European qualifiers in Gothenburg and English stand up comedy in Malmö. READ »

Patient at detox gets drunk on Christmas gift

Society: 20 Jul 10
A patient at a detox treatment centre who received aftershave for Christmas was later taken to hospital after becoming intoxicated from drinking the present, which contained alcohol. READ »

Swedish town hopes for Russian revival

National: 31 May 10
Sorsele, a town in the far north of Sweden, is hoping to attract highly-qualified Russian immigrants in a move aimed at arresting depopulation and ensure the municipality's future. READ »

The hospital that puts children first

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. READ »

Swedish artist connected to Belgian child killer

Society: 6 Apr 10
A Swedish singer and artist has grabbed the news headlines in Belgium over the weekend after reports linking her as an "admirer" of the convicted triple murderer Kim De Gelder. READ »

Immigrants cleaning Swedish cities: report

National: 2 Mar 10
Immigrants workers make up 41 percent of Sweden's cleaners despite accounting for only 16 percent of the workforce. In the cities the numbers are even higher, a new report shows. READ »

Sweden to prescribe exercise to battle youth obesity

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. READ »

Sweden risks facing severe labour shortages

Analysis & Opinion: 22 Dec 09
Over the next ten years, the number of native-born Swedes of working age will decline by 100,000. Without more immigrants, we will be unable to sustain our welfare standards, writes Olle Wästberg, head of the Swedish Institute. READ »

School nurses rally against Red Bull

Science & Technology: 6 Dec 09
Around 80 percent of the 700 school nurses interviewed by Swedish radio program Kaliber would like to impose an age limit for the purchase of energy drinks such as Red Bill, Burn and Monster. READ »

Nurses's moist wipe helps drunken driver escape conviction

Society: 21 Oct 09
A 36-year-old Swedish man who confessed to driving while drunk has been acquitted because of uncertainty caused by the way a nurse took a blood sample. READ »

Did Anna Odell's faked psychosis have any artistic merit?

Analysis & Opinion: 7 Sep 09
Ceci n'est pas une depression nerveuse (This is not a nervous breakdown): The Local's Charlotte Webb offers her thoughts on art student Anna Odell's controversial faked psychosis, a final year project that resulted in a conviction last week. READ »

Shrugging off news of my shrinking baby

Analysis & Opinion: 3 Jul 09
In the first of a new series, Joel Sherwood explains that fatherhood in Sweden is going so well that he isn't even particularly fazed by news that his child is growing smaller. READ »

Swedish clinic sterilises wrong patient

Science & Technology: 30 Jun 09
A medical clinic in Västerås in central Sweden has been reported for sterilising the wrong man. READ »

Nursing home residents taking too many drugs: report

Science & Technology: 19 Mar 09
Overmedication of the elderly in Sweden’s nursing homes continues to be a problem, according to a new report by the National Board of Health and Welfare. READ »

Court orders doc held over baby's death

National: 6 Mar 09
The doctor suspected of having killed a newborn baby was remanded in custody on Friday on suspicion of manslaughter. READ »

Overweight people die younger: Swedish study

Science & Technology: 25 Feb 09
Researchers in Sweden have found that people who are overweight from a young age run a much increased risk of dying prematurely. READ »

Sweden 'won't save Saab'

Politics: 18 Feb 09
The Swedish government said on Wednesday it would not intervene to take over Saab. Enterprise Minister Maud Olofsson slammed Saab's US owner General Motors for "abandoning" the struggling Swedish car maker. READ »

Irate doc to 'psychotic' art student: get a haircut

Society: 30 Jan 09
The chief physician of the psychiatric ward at a Stockholm hospital has rebuked an art student after she pretended to be psychotic as part of an art project. READ »

2008: The year in review

Lifestyle: 31 Dec 08
As 2008 draws to a close, The Local takes a look back at some of the stories that caught our attention over the last twelve months. READ »

Swedish baby born in skies above Kazakhstan

Society: 21 Nov 08
A Swedish mother is celebrating the remarkable birth of her new daughter, who was welcomed to the world high above Kazakhstan in the back of a Finnair jet. READ »

Swedish nurses oppose breast feeding alcohol guidelines

Science & Technology: 10 Nov 08
Most Swedish midwives and nurses continue to advise new mothers to abstain from alcohol when breast feeding, despite new guidelines saying that consuming alcohol in small quantities has no adverse effects. READ »

Study: Swedish docs dig one another

Dating: 19 Sep 08
Love is in the air at Swedish hospitals, at least according to a new set of statistics compiled by the magazine Du & Jobbet (‘You and Work’) and Statistics Sweden (SCB). READ »

How does the Swedish healthcare system work?

Analysis & Opinion: 22 Aug 08
Ask The Local: Every week we will be answering readers' questions about Sweden. This week, Janey in Stockholm wants to know how the healthcare system works. READ »

Swede cracks the secrets of intuition

Science & Technology: 23 Jul 08
A learning expert at Linköping University in central Sweden has come up with an explanation for why some people seem to have the ability to act without thinking. READ »

Reinfeldt: more tax cuts on the way

Politics: 11 Jul 08
Working Swedes are to be given another round of tax cuts, worth 15 billion kronor, Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt has announced. READ »

Nursing strike over

National: 28 May 08
Healthcare workers union negotiator Margareta Öhberg alerted press that the union and their employers accepted an offer on Wednesday afternoon, ending Sweden's nursing strike. READ »

Nurses pledge further strike action

Society: 13 May 08
Sweden's nurses announced plans on Tuesday to intensify their ongoing strike in a bid to secure higher wages. READ »

Nurses walk off jobs in droves

National: 5 May 08
As the nursing strike enters its third week, an additional 4,300 healthcare union workers walked off their jobs at noon on Monday. READ »

Striking nurses make for striking debate

Analysis & Opinion: 25 Apr 08
David Landes looks at press reaction to the Swedish nursing strike. READ »

Nurses strike gathers momentum

Society: 24 Apr 08
Sweden's ongoing nurses strike continued apace on Thursday morning as a further 900 nurses went off duty. READ »

Patients feel effects of nurses strike

National: 21 Apr 08
Health services in several parts of Sweden began redirecting ambulance traffic so that emergency rooms participating in the healthcare workers strike can close as planned at noon on Monday. READ »

Nurses demonstrate for higher pay as strike looms

National: 20 Apr 08
Nurses took to the streets in Stockholm and Gothenburg on Sunday to demonstrate for higher pay. A strike beckons on Monday as mediators called off talks. READ »

Health workers union steps up strike pressure

Business & Money: 16 Apr 08
The Swedish Association of Health Professionals (Vårdförbundet) approved an additional round of industrial action on Wednesday. READ »

Swedish nurses strike looms

Business & Money: 4 Apr 08
The Swedish Association of Health Professionals (Vårdförbundet) announced industrial action affecting 3,500 members employed by both municipalities and county councils. READ »

Child allowances - No means no

Analysis & Opinion: 28 Mar 08
Centre Party leader Maud Olofsson ruffled feathers across the political spectrum this week by suggesting that Sweden’s child allowance payments be subject to means testing. David Landes looks at the fallout. READ »

'Swedish feminists should embrace free markets'

Analysis & Opinion: 18 Mar 08
Swedish feminists could well secure more support if they decided to embrace free markets rather than left wing ideologies, argues Nima Sanandaji of the Captus think tank. READ »

Swedish dads steer clear of paternity leave

Business & Money: 12 Mar 08
Swedish fathers enjoy one of the most generous paternity leave policies in the world but few dads take advantage of the opportunity, writes AFP's Sebastien Buffet. READ »

Karolinska Hospital slammed for lax patient secrecy

Society: 18 Nov 07
Poor security procedures at one of Sweden's top teaching hospitals have led to insufficient control over who accesses patients' medical records. READ »

British professor wins prize for bar-fight research

Science & Technology: 20 Sep 07
This year's winner of the Stockholm Prize in Criminology is a professor from Cardiff who has done his bit to prevent people from being seriously hurt when glassed in the pub. READ »

Nurses forced to sign 'slave contracts'

Society: 9 Aug 07
Nurses given specialist training by Örebro county council are being forced to work for the local authority's own health service for three year's after the completion of their education. READ »

Fast-track boost for immigrant healthcare workers

Society: 28 Apr 07
Sweden is to invest 148 million kronor to ensure that immigrants educated in healthcare from countries outside the European Union are fast-tracked into care jobs. READ »

New briefs cheaper than laundry

Society: 26 Mar 07
Staff at Lund University Hospital could save taxpayers 1 million kronor a year if they stopped washing patient underwear and bought them new briefs instead. READ »

Compulsory drug tests for children planned

Politics: 26 Mar 07
Sweden's justice minister Beatrice Ask wants to be able to force children younger than fifteen to submit to drug tests, even if parents object. READ »

Doctors and truckers in high demand

Business & Money: 27 Feb 07
The number of people in work in Sweden is expected to increase sharply during 2007, but while builders and accountants are sought after, getting office work will not be easy, a new report says. READ »

The Holocaust: Sweden's complex legacy

Analysis & Opinion: 26 Jan 07
Bystander in the Second World War, yet refuge for victims of the Nazis. A leader in promoting tolerance, yet with a resurgent far-right. David Stavrou looks at the complex legacy of the Holocaust in Sweden. READ »

Woman turned away by doctor - for being American

National: 29 Dec 06
A woman in Blekinge went to the doctor on Christmas Day to be treated for strep throat. Instead she was treated like dirt. The reason? She was American. READ »

Organ donation increases in Sweden

Society: 23 Dec 06
The number of organs being donated by Swedes for transplant has increased, reaching a fifteen-year high in 2006. READ »

Funeral home showed pictures of dead boy

Society: 14 Dec 06
A funeral director used pictures of a dead four-year-old boy during a seminar for hospital staff without permission from the child's parents. We feel violated, says the father. READ »

Swedish teachers 'poorly trained'

Society: 28 Nov 06
People training to be teachers in Sweden are able to coast through courses without picking up vital skills, and are often given higher grades than they deserve, a new report says. READ »

Man dead for two days on hospital toilet

Science & Technology: 10 Nov 06
A 57-year-old man was dead on a Stockholm hospital toilet for one and a half days before being discovered by staff, it has emerged. The hospital says it assumed he had left the building. READ »

Tsunami: health minister blames foreign ministry

Politics: 13 Feb 06
Sweden's health minister Ylva Johansson tells a parliamentary committee that she regrets going on holiday just three days after the tsunami catastrophe. But even so, the government's late response was the foreign ministry's fault. READ »

Young Swedes earn less than in nineties

Society: 20 Nov 05
Young people in Sweden earn less now than they did in 1991, according to a new survey. And young women are earning less than their male counterparts, taking just 85 to 90 percent of the average man's wage. READ »

Old people 'mistreated' in home

Society: 16 Nov 05
Staff at a home in southern Sweden mistreated residents, ignoring nurses' orders and eating up residents sweets and cakes, it has been alleged. Disturbing and surprising, says the council. READ »

1,500 queue for cheap dental care

Science & Technology: 16 Nov 05
Polish dentists treating Swedish patients in English - at half the price of a trip to a Swedish dentist. That's the idea behind a new clinic which opened in Stockholm this week. Patients and dentists are smiling broadly, while unions gnash their teeth. READ »

"Overtime mammographies" lucrative for doctors

Science & Technology: 16 Sep 05
A shortage of qualified mammography staff in Sweden means longer waiting times - while skilled doctors can earn hundreds of thousands of kronor extra each year in overtime payments. READ »

Swedish tsunami help "came too late"

National: 7 Jun 05
A report from the catastrophe commission backs up months of criticism: despite a desperate need for assistance in Thailand after the tsunami on Boxing Day last year, the Swedish healthcare authorities reacted too slowly. READ »

Smoking Swedish nurses forced to changed clothes

Society: 3 Jun 05
Staff at hospitals in one Swedish county must now change out of their work clothes every time they want a cigarette. Patients shouldn’t have to smell their tobacco, says the local council. READ »

Unions in standoff with councils

Society: 2 Apr 05
Low-paid local authority workers failed to secure better wages from their employers in this week, leading to a breakdown in talks between union Kommunal and employers. The two sides are calling in arbitrators to try to avoid a strike. READ »

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Foreign office: "We are fighting against time"

National: 31 Dec 04
As injured Swedes begin to leave the hospitals in Phuket and head for home, the Swedish government urges the Thai authorities not to cremate the bodies of Swedes who perished in the disaster. READ »

Public fury over government reaction

Politics: 30 Dec 04
Sweden's shock and sorrow is turning to anger as newspapers reveal the government's lack of disaster preparation, failure to grasp the scale of the crisis and incompetence in organising relief to stranded Swedes as the effects of Sunday's tsunami became clearer. READ »

Sleep therapy instead of pills, Swedish doctors told

Science & Technology: 29 Dec 04
A sleep specialist at Uppsala Hospital suggests that doctors should prescribe cognitive behavioural therapy for their insomniac patients instead of telling them to reach for the pills. READ »

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