The Local Sweden 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 Baby 'could have died' due to hospital drug error A three-month old baby was mistakenly prescribed a dose of painkillers ten-times higher than the recommended level following an operation at Astrid Lindgren Children’s Hospital near Stockholm. https://www.thelocal.se/20091012/22598 Mon, 12 Oct 2009 10:46:00 +0200 22598 Swedish hospital performed eye surgery on wrong woman A 70-year-old Swedish woman who went to hospital for a cataract examination ended up having surgery on her eyelid by mistake. https://www.thelocal.se/20091006/22488 Tue, 06 Oct 2009 12:29:00 +0200 22488 Unborn child 'nearly killed' due to doc's error A 24-year old mother-to-be from Stockholm nearly aborted her own child after a doctor wrongly diagnosed her as having had a delayed miscarriage. https://www.thelocal.se/20090914/22064 Mon, 14 Sep 2009 13:00:00 +0200 22064 Swedish docs cleared over misplaced colon Health authorities in Sweden have decided not to punish two doctors who mistakenly stitched a 65-year-old patient’s bladder to his large intestine. https://www.thelocal.se/20090701/20392 Wed, 01 Jul 2009 13:06:00 +0200 20392 Swedish clinic sterilises wrong patient A medical clinic in Västerås in central Sweden has been reported for sterilising the wrong man. https://www.thelocal.se/20090630/20380 Tue, 30 Jun 2009 19:55:00 +0200 20380