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 Gothenburg's Sahlgrenska University Hospital on Monday urged people not to come to hospital unless it is necessary, as a measles outbreak grew to 22 confirmed cases. https://www.thelocal.se/20180108/gothenburg-sweden-hospital-issues-visiting-guidelines-as-measles-outbreak-grows-to-22-cases Mon, 08 Jan 2018 16:54:09 +0100 gothenburg-sweden-hospital-issues-visiting-guidelines-as-measles-outbreak-grows-to-22-cases The number of people infected in a Gothenburg measles outbreak has increased to 15, and there are concerns it may spread to other parts of Sweden. https://www.thelocal.se/20180105/gothenburg-measles-outbreak-grows-to-15-confirmed-cases Fri, 05 Jan 2018 15:48:08 +0100 gothenburg-measles-outbreak-grows-to-15-confirmed-cases A Swedish hospital pressured by a lack of beds and staff coupled with a winter increase in patients has reported itself to the healthcare watchdog after a pregnant woman died in its emergency room. https://www.thelocal.se/20170116/pregnant-woman-died-in-overcrowded-hospital Mon, 16 Jan 2017 08:46:22 +0100 pregnant-woman-died-in-overcrowded-hospital Police in Sweden have shot and wounded a man after he injured two patients and a nurse in a knife attack at a psychiatric facility in Gothenburg. https://www.thelocal.se/20151226/police-shoot-knife-attacker-at-mental-ward Sat, 26 Dec 2015 17:43:36 +0100 police-shoot-knife-attacker-at-mental-ward The Swedish parents of the world's first baby born through a womb transplant have spoken about the incredible experience just days after their son turned one year old. https://www.thelocal.se/20150918/worlds-first-womb-transplant-baby-turns-one Fri, 18 Sep 2015 14:34:54 +0200 worlds-first-womb-transplant-baby-turns-one Your Facebook status updates can reveal whether or not you have psychopathic personality traits, according to Swedish researchers who have analyzed entries on the popular social media site to uncover users' personality characteristics. https://www.thelocal.se/20131129/facebook-updates-can-reveal-if-you-are-a-psychopath-lund-sahlgrenska Fri, 29 Nov 2013 09:36:00 +0100 facebook-updates-can-reveal-if-you-are-a-psychopath-lund-sahlgrenska A donor organ mix up at Gothenburg's Sahlgrenska University Hospital resulted in a liver and a kidney being shipped abroad to the wrong recipients. https://www.thelocal.se/20130820/49732 Tue, 20 Aug 2013 09:25:00 +0200 49732 Police arrested three suspects after a fight erupted outside of the emergency ward at the Gothenburg Sahlgrenska University hospital in western Sweden late on Wednesday night. https://www.thelocal.se/20121101/44168 Thu, 01 Nov 2012 09:12:00 +0100 44168 The world’s first uterine transplant between a mother and daughter was successfully achieved in a Gothenburg hospital on the weekend, when two daughters were given their mothers' uteri. https://www.thelocal.se/20120918/43292 Tue, 18 Sep 2012 12:06:00 +0200 43292 Three men were remanded into custody on Sunday in connection with the recent spate of violence which has plagued Sahlgrenska University Hospital in Gothenburg over the past week. https://www.thelocal.se/20120702/41766 Mon, 02 Jul 2012 09:07:00 +0200 41766 A nurse on her way into Sahlgrenska hospital in Gothenburg was threatened by two men waving a gun on Saturday evening. https://www.thelocal.se/20120701/41760 Sun, 01 Jul 2012 12:41:00 +0200 41760 Gunfire erupted in connection with a brawl that broke out at the Sahlgrenska University Hospital in Gothenburg on Wednesday night, the second night in a row violence has flared up at the hospital. https://www.thelocal.se/20120628/41698 Thu, 28 Jun 2012 11:53:00 +0200 41698 Some twenty physicians in northwestern Sweden failed for months to realize that a patient was suffering from cancer of the larynx for months until a few weeks before he died. https://www.thelocal.se/20120323/39838 Fri, 23 Mar 2012 09:00:00 +0100 39838 Researchers in Sweden have now proven what many women have long suspected about the pain relief powers of birth control pills. https://www.thelocal.se/20120118/38564 Wed, 18 Jan 2012 09:48:00 +0100 38564 A patient who was forced to wait for nine hours in the emergency room at a hospital in Gothenburg in western Sweden died just fifteen minutes after finally being admitted. https://www.thelocal.se/20111227/38170 Tue, 27 Dec 2011 10:43:00 +0100 38170 Several more cases of skin cancer or preliminary stages of malignant melanoma have been detected in the retesting of diagnoses after the Sahlgrenska University hospital cancer scandal became public earlier this year. https://www.thelocal.se/20111118/37436 Fri, 18 Nov 2011 16:39:00 +0100 37436 Women alcoholics suffer damage to the part of their brain that controls moods, impulses and sleep three times faster than their male counterparts, a Swedish study showed Wednesday. https://www.thelocal.se/20111109/37264 Wed, 09 Nov 2011 16:47:00 +0100 37264 Swedish researchers have discovered a new tick-borne illness that can cause blood clots in the legs and lungs, with three cases having been reported in Sweden. https://www.thelocal.se/20111025/36944 Tue, 25 Oct 2011 09:31:00 +0200 36944 A man was shot at a strip club in central Gothenburg late Friday night, and has been taken to. Sahlgrenska hospital. https://www.thelocal.se/20111015/36758 Sat, 15 Oct 2011 11:59:00 +0200 36758 Sahlgrenska University Hospital in Gothenburg in western Sweden has launch a massive social media campaign to encourage blood donors to help meet a shortage. https://www.thelocal.se/20111005/36550 Wed, 05 Oct 2011 09:26:00 +0200 36550