Tag: health care
Marriage between cousins faces ban
Marriage between cousins was once fairly common, not least in royal circles, with Norway's own king the product of parents who were first cousins....
Midwives and doctors back maternity care consolidation
Activists who want to retain local maternity care wards around Norway are getting no support from midwives' or gynecologists' associations. The professionals want fewer,...
Conflicts over maternity care
Four hospital maternity wards and two local birthing units in northern, central and western Norway are either scheduled to close or have been slated...
Less institutional care for the elderly
During the last 20 years the amount of institutional care for the elderly has declined by around 10 per cent. Provision of new nursing...
State to pay for health care abroad
Norwegians stuck on long waiting lists for operations or other necessary medical care at local hospitals will soon be able to travel to hospitals...
Nursing home needs hidden
It's far more difficult than it should be to secure a nursing home room in Oslo, claim would-be residents, their families and bureaucrats alike....
Romsdalen angered by hospital stall
Health Minister Anne-Grete Strøm-Erichsen was met with anger and suspicion when she visited Romsdal in western Norway this week. Putting off construction of a...
Local hospital advocates win a reprieve
Health Minister Anne-Grete Strøm-Erichsen is reorganizing health care services in the county of Møre og Romsdal and postponed construction of a new hospital outside...
Massive protest outside Stortinget
Hundreds of activists from all over Norway gathered in front of the parliament building (Stortinget) on Monday, to protest looming closures of local hospitals....
Hospital mergers lose money
Bundling Norway's public hospitals together into larger organizations in the 1990s was supposed to save taxpayers' money. The result has been the opposite. Costs per patient...
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