Tag: health care
Hospital waiting lists keep growing
Norway's left-center government pledged to reduce waiting lists for patients needing treatment, but more people are having to wait for hospital care now than...
New hospital scandal erupts
Health Minister Anne-Grete Strøm-Erichsen has another hospital scandal on her hands, and this one seems headed for a discussion in Parliament, after more than...
Alarms ring over cancer treatment
State health regulators have conducted a risk analysis of cancer treatment in Norway, and concluded that major improvements are needed. Meanwhile, the state's health...
Closure looms for Oslo hospital
Vigorous protests and even a march on May Day haven't helped improve the diagnosis for Aker University Hospital in Oslo. The popular local hospital...
Government party in trouble
One of the three parties making up Norway's coalition government has lost thousands of members and faces new financial trouble. Record losses for the...
Hospital conflict becomes acute
Heated conflicts over proposed closures of hospitals or hospital services around Norway are reaching fever-pitch within the government itself. The three parties making up...
Illegal aliens to get medical help
Norway's left-center government coalition has decided to extend the country's national health care services to illegal aliens, with clearer rules regarding the type of...
Depression hits half the population
Just one day after Norway was ranked as the best country in the world in which to live comes news that roughly half of...
Major health reform in the works
Norway's left-center coalition government is proposing major reforms in the national health service, just before Parliament adjourns for the summer holidays. The opposition is...
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