Tag: hospitals
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...
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 strike hits selected hospitals
Another strike threatens to disrupt scheduled surgery and other health care services at various hospitals around Norway. This time it's ambulance crews, receptionists and...
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...
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...
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