Tag: hospitals
More controversy at Oslo hospitals
Physicians at Oslo University Hospital fear for patient safety after IT project collapses, forcing doctors to follow a tedious and inefficient procedure in order...
Telenor red-faced as problems grow
UPDATED: Beleaguered staff at Telenor's headquarters were left having to apologize for new, separate errors that affected customers across the country before and during...
‘Illegal’ cancer delays at Oslo hospital
Women with breast lumps are waiting up to three months for an examination at Ullevål University Hospital in Oslo, despite laws guaranteeing patients a...
Health minister rejects ‘crisis’ claims
Norway's largest hospitals in the nation's capital aren't the only ones facing severe budget problems that many are calling a "crisis." Health Minister Anne-Grete...
Hospital boss quits after cuts
Siri Hatlen confirmed on Monday that she's quitting as managing director of Norway's largest hospital, Oslo University Hospital, after the hospital's board demanded cost...
Hospital budget cut to the bone
As feared last week, the board of the Oslo hospitals forming the newly merged Oslo University Hospital ordered administrators to make huge cost cuts...
Hospitals face huge cuts
Oslo's university hospitals have been ordered to cut NOK 500 million in costs, to meet their budgets, but top hospital administrator Siri Hatlen thinks...
Doctors’ abortion refusal a ‘joke’
Reports that all the gynecologists at a local hospital in Flekkefjord, south Norway, were refusing to give abortions for fear of reprisals was a...
Doctors refuse to perform abortions
UPDATED: Gynecologists at a local hospital in Flekkefjord, south Norway, were reported to have refused to perform abortions because of fears of attacks by...
‘Sad day’ as maternity wards close
The Norwegian government has finally decided to push forward with plans to downgrade local maternity ward services in Odda, Lærdal and Lofoten, and close...
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