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Norwegians visit the dentist abroad

More and more Norwegians are rebelling against jaw-droppingly high dental fees in their home country, and hopping on a plane to Budapest or other...

Probe demanded into hospital crisis

All the opposition parties in the Norwegian Parliament are demanding a full, independent investigation into the merger of Oslo-area hospitals that's blamed for short-staffing, enormous...

Health boss quits, critics relieved

Bente Mikkelsen, who's been at the center of a storm of criticism over health care in southeastern Norway, quit her top bureaucratic post Thursday...

New Ahus hospital caught in crisis

Akershus University Hospital, better known as Ahus in Lørenskog  just northeast of Oslo, was supposed to be Norway's most modern and largest acute-care hospital...

Nursing home strike drags on

A strike by health care workers at privately run nursing homes wrapped up its first week on Wednesday with no sign of settlement in...

More trouble for big Oslo hospital

Norway's largest hospital, formed through a highly controversial merger of several hospitals in the capital, is now grappling with questionable hiring practices that have...

Waiting list ‘tricks’ under probe

Frustrated patients in Oslo who find themselves stuck on hospital waiting lists have clearly discovered that the squeaky wheel gets the grease. Their success...

Women bared their breasts in protest

Several hundred Norwegian women gathered in front of the Norwegian Parliament on Thursday to protest long delays in receiving reconstructive surgery after undergoing a...

More hospital patients get treatment

Norway's embattled hospital authorities now contend that more patients are receiving treatment in a more timely fashion after years of complaints, at least in...

Pharmacies report antibiotic shortage

Norwegians are still coping with a butter shortage and now face an antibiotic shortage. An outbreak of pneumonia last year led to heavy demand...
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