mistake

hospital

Baby 'could have died' due to hospital drug error

A three-month old baby was mistakenly prescribed a dose of painkillers ten-times higher than the recommended level following an operation at Astrid Lindgren Children’s Hospital near Stockholm.

hospital

Swedish hospital performed eye surgery on wrong woman

A 70-year-old Swedish woman who went to hospital for a cataract examination ended up having surgery on her eyelid by mistake.

doctor

Unborn child 'nearly killed' due to doc's error

A 24-year old mother-to-be from Stockholm nearly aborted her own child after a doctor wrongly diagnosed her as having had a delayed miscarriage.

surgery

Swedish docs cleared over misplaced colon

Health authorities in Sweden have decided not to punish two doctors who mistakenly stitched a 65-year-old patient’s bladder to his large intestine.

offbeat

Swedish clinic sterilises wrong patient

A medical clinic in Västerås in central Sweden has been reported for sterilising the wrong man.