Tag: hospitals
Severe flu virus results in deaths
An aggressive influensa virus that's been sweeping over Norway in recent weeks has now been blamed for at least 14 deaths, including four elderly...
Government halted hospital strike
Labour Minister Anniken Hauglie of the Conservative Party ordered an end to Norway's longest hospital strike ever Tuesday evening. All striking doctors and other medical...
Doctors’ strike continues despite work order in Bodø
A strike leader at a hospital in Northern Norway told state broadcaster NRK on Tuesday morning that she thought the ongoing strike by doctors would...
Doctors’ strike spreads to four new hospitals
Another four hospitals were targeted on Friday as a strike by doctors weary of long duty shifts dragged into its fourth day. The union...
Operations postponed as doctors strike
Long-simmering conflicts between doctors and hospital management in Norway erupted in the first strike in many years on Wednesday. Some non-acute operations were already...
Health minister approves Oslo hospital plan
Health Minister Bent Høie has approved plans to radically restructure Oslo's state-owned hospitals. The historic and sprawling Ullevål University Hospital will be shut down, and...
Huge new hospital plan for Oslo
State hospital administrators have unveiled plans to shut down the country's biggest hospital in Oslo, Ullevål University Hospital, and instead build a large new...
Storm rises over ‘fetal reduction’ OK
Norwegian government officials have determined that the country's abortion law allows women pregnant with multiple fetuses to abort all but one if they so choose,...
Brand-new hospital already full
Even as King Harald was taking part in the official opening ceremonies of Norway's newest hospital in Sarpsborg, southeastern Norway, staff had to resort...
Health minister to slice surgery costs
Five local hospitals in Norway will lose their ability to carry out acute surgical procedures under a new national hospital plan unveiled by Health...
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