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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...

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...
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