https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from Sweden in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed One of Sweden's top hospitals on Wednesday announced plans to lay off 600 medical staff as it attempts to plug a budget deficit of 1.6 billion kronor (approximately $167 million). https://www.thelocal.se/20191106/sweden-karolinska-university-hospital-to-lay-off-600-staff Wed, 06 Nov 2019 14:18:55 +0100 sweden-karolinska-university-hospital-to-lay-off-600-staff Three Swedish universities have made the top 100 in a prestigious global ranking – with 13 Swedish universities in the top 1000s. https://www.thelocal.se/20190816/these-are-swedens-13-best-universities-according-to-a-new-ranking Fri, 16 Aug 2019 17:09:33 +0200 these-are-swedens-13-best-universities-according-to-a-new-ranking Sweden's Karolinska University Hospital warned on Tuesday it may have to let 550 of its staff go. https://www.thelocal.se/20190514/karolinska-university-hospital-to-slash-550-jobs-amid-economic-crisis-sweden-stockholm-solna Tue, 14 May 2019 12:20:06 +0200 karolinska-university-hospital-to-slash-550-jobs-amid-economic-crisis-sweden-stockholm-solna UPDATED: A preliminary investigation into scandal-hit celebrity surgeon Paolo Macchiarini has been reopened, a senior prosecutor said on Tuesday. https://www.thelocal.se/20181211/investigation-reopened-into-scandal-hit-surgeon-paolo-maccharini Tue, 11 Dec 2018 12:22:48 +0100 investigation-reopened-into-scandal-hit-surgeon-paolo-maccharini A number of academic articles discussing the risks of vaccines have been published by a person claiming to be from the prestigious Karolinska Institute – but the university says it has never heard of him. https://www.thelocal.se/20180510/swedens-karolinska-institute-investigates-fake-researcher Thu, 10 May 2018 18:11:36 +0200 swedens-karolinska-institute-investigates-fake-researcher Sweden's finance minister has called for a government investigation into reports of massive cost overruns and operational problems at Stockholm's New Karolinska Hospital. https://www.thelocal.se/20180207/finance-minister-calls-for-new-karolinska-hospital-inquiry Wed, 07 Feb 2018 14:43:54 +0100 finance-minister-calls-for-new-karolinska-hospital-inquiry Sweden’s reputed Karolinska Institute (KI) has tumbled in its international ranking, slipping a full 10 points year-on-year in the prestigious Times Higher Education (THE) World Education Rankings 2018 which was released on Tuesday. https://www.thelocal.se/20170905/swedens-top-university-karolinska-tumbles-in-global-ranking Tue, 05 Sep 2017 19:03:20 +0200 swedens-top-university-karolinska-tumbles-in-global-ranking A Stockholm hospital has caused controversy by making a policy decision to not help some patients who have complications resulting from cosmetic surgery. https://www.thelocal.se/20170822/swedish-hospital-denies-operations-to-correct-botched-plastic-surgery Tue, 22 Aug 2017 13:35:24 +0200 swedish-hospital-denies-operations-to-correct-botched-plastic-surgery A seventh patient of Italian surgeon Paolo Macchiarini, who was fired from a Swedish university over accusations of misconduct, has died. https://www.thelocal.se/20170320/macchiarinis-seventh-transplant-patient-dies-sweden-italy Mon, 20 Mar 2017 16:38:43 +0100 macchiarinis-seventh-transplant-patient-dies-sweden-italy The Italian government has expressed alarm about the fate of a Stockholm-based academic detained in Tehran for nearly a year and reportedly sentenced to death for espionage. https://www.thelocal.se/20170213/extreme-concern-for-stockholm-academic-who-could-face-death-penalty Mon, 13 Feb 2017 18:14:46 +0100 extreme-concern-for-stockholm-academic-who-could-face-death-penalty Should doctors try their own medicine? One Swedish psychiatrist decided that they should, sampling antidepressants in an effort to better understand his patients and the thousands of people who take them in the country every day. https://www.thelocal.se/20170104/this-swedish-psychiatrist-tried-antidepressants-as-an-experiment Wed, 04 Jan 2017 12:49:37 +0100 this-swedish-psychiatrist-tried-antidepressants-as-an-experiment Karolinska University Hospital in Solna and Huddinge have been in crisis mode since Thursday morning due to overcrowding sparked by a sudden increase in patients seeking emergency care. https://www.thelocal.se/20161229/winter-flu-puts-karolinska-in-crisis-mode Thu, 29 Dec 2016 16:24:39 +0100 winter-flu-puts-karolinska-in-crisis-mode Sweden may have the image of being an exceptionally health-conscious nation, but according to World Health Organization (WHO) standards, more than half of its children are too inactive. https://www.thelocal.se/20161213/more-than-half-of-swedens-kids-are-too-inactive-study Tue, 13 Dec 2016 08:33:04 +0100 more-than-half-of-swedens-kids-are-too-inactive-study At least according to this global ranking, which picks 12 Swedish universities among the top-1000. https://www.thelocal.se/20161026/these-are-swedens-best-universities-ranking Wed, 26 Oct 2016 09:09:03 +0200 these-are-swedens-best-universities-ranking Italian surgeon Paolo Macchiarini has been judged to have committed research misconduct by the Swedish organisation in charge of reviewing research, the Central Ethical Review Board (CEPN). https://www.thelocal.se/20160909/swedish-ethical-reviewer-macchiarinis-research-misleading Fri, 09 Sep 2016 17:01:52 +0200 swedish-ethical-reviewer-macchiarinis-research-misleading The former president of the Karolinska Institute (KI) university who lost her position on the panel that awards a Nobel Prize due to the Paolo Macchiarini scandal has fired back at critics. https://www.thelocal.se/20160908/sacked-karolinska-boss-who-lost-nobel-spot-hits-back Thu, 08 Sep 2016 09:59:09 +0200 sacked-karolinska-boss-who-lost-nobel-spot-hits-back Fire services were called to battle a blaze at the Karolinska Institute (KI) on Wednesday afternoon which saw pillars of thick, dark smoke rise high above the Solna suburb and northern Stockholm. https://www.thelocal.se/20160907/watch-smoke-rises-from-burning-karolinska-institute-sweden Wed, 07 Sep 2016 19:03:49 +0200 watch-smoke-rises-from-burning-karolinska-institute-sweden Two former presidents of the Karolinska Institute (KI) medical university have been dropped from the Nobel Assembly due to their roles in the controversy around celebrity surgeon Paolo Macchiarini. https://www.thelocal.se/20160906/karolinska-bosses-lose-nobel-roles-after-macchiarini-scandal Tue, 06 Sep 2016 13:51:37 +0200 karolinska-bosses-lose-nobel-roles-after-macchiarini-scandal A new report has slammed the prestigious Karolinska Institute (KI) medical university for committing multiple errors in the case of Italian surgeon Paolo Macchiarini, whose trachea operations in Sweden caused controversy when patients died. https://www.thelocal.se/20160905/multiple-karolinska-errors-in-celebrity-surgeon-case-report Mon, 05 Sep 2016 10:35:31 +0200 multiple-karolinska-errors-in-celebrity-surgeon-case-report Karolinska Institute has climbed four places to 44th in the annual Shanghai Ranking, while two other Swedish universities also feature in the global top 100. https://www.thelocal.se/20160815/global-list-ranks-karolinska-university-best-in-sweden Mon, 15 Aug 2016 13:37:10 +0200 global-list-ranks-karolinska-university-best-in-sweden