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Swine flu death sets off a scare

The death of an 11-year-old boy to swine flu over the New Year's weekend has sent scores of Norwegians to emergency clinics in recent...

Probe demanded into hospital crisis

All the opposition parties in the Norwegian Parliament are demanding a full, independent investigation into the merger of Oslo-area hospitals that's blamed for short-staffing, enormous...

Health boss quits, critics relieved

Bente Mikkelsen, who's been at the center of a storm of criticism over health care in southeastern Norway, quit her top bureaucratic post Thursday...

New Ahus hospital caught in crisis

Akershus University Hospital, better known as Ahus in Lørenskog  just northeast of Oslo, was supposed to be Norway's most modern and largest acute-care hospital...

More trouble for big Oslo hospital

Norway's largest hospital, formed through a highly controversial merger of several hospitals in the capital, is now grappling with questionable hiring practices that have...

Waiting list ‘tricks’ under probe

Frustrated patients in Oslo who find themselves stuck on hospital waiting lists have clearly discovered that the squeaky wheel gets the grease. Their success...

More hospital patients get treatment

Norway's embattled hospital authorities now contend that more patients are receiving treatment in a more timely fashion after years of complaints, at least in...

Embattled boss won’t go on leave

Bente Mikkelsen, head of the embattled state health agency that's pushing through a controversial hospital reorganization in Oslo, has dropped plans to take off...

Unusual baby boom baffles experts

There's been a major boom in the numbers of babies born in Oslo and Akershus County before their mothers get to a hospital. Researchers...

Trusted adviser tackles ‘toughest’ job

One of the most trusted advisers to embattled Health Minister Anne-Grete Strøm-Erichsen was taking over one of the Norwegian health sector's toughest jobs on...
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