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Youth Home Escapes and Violence Decline in Sweden
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Threats and violence between youths and against staff continue to decrease at the country's heavily criticized Sis-homes – as well as the number of escapes. Nothing that has happened overnight, says acting director general Anna Sandahl
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Dental Care Oversight Leads to Woman's Death After Infection
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An older woman was sent home after a dentist visit – despite signs of a serious infection. The woman died a few months later after having needed intensive care, writes Göteborgs-Posten
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Newborn's Death Sparks Criticism of Two Swedish Hospitals
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A newborn baby died from injuries that should have been detected by healthcare. Two hospitals in Karlskrona and Lund are therefore being criticized by the Health and Social Care Inspectorate (Ivo)
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Vårgårda Municipality Self-Reports Care Incidents to Ivo
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Patient Dies After Stomach Contents Enter Lungs During Surgery
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Resident at Swedish Care Home Given Wrong Medication 39 Times
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A resident at a residential home for social psychiatry in Uddevalla received incorrect medication tens of times. The incidents have been reported to the Health and Social Care Inspectorate (Ivo) in a Lex Maria notification, reports Bohusläningen
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Psychiatrist Fired for Long-Term Relationship with Patient in Skåne
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A senior physician in adult psychiatry in Region Skåne has been dismissed since it became known that he had a long-standing sexual relationship with a patient. He has also prescribed narcotic-classed medication to the patient, reports Sydsvenskan
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Falun Municipality Responds After Man Suffocates on Sausage
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Patient with Kidney Stones Receives Treatment on Wrong Side in Kronoberg
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Technical Error in Cosmic System Risked Patient Overmedication
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Health App Min vård Faces Investigation for Serious Misjudgments
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Falu Municipality Acquitted Again in John Walter Case, Parents to Appeal
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Falu municipality is also acquitted in the court of appeal for the death of five-year-old John Walters at an HVB home in 2021. However, the parents will appeal again
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Pregnant Woman Dies from Sepsis; Skaraborg Hospital Self-Reports
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Nurse Faces Trial Period After Stealing Narcotics at Work
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Child Dies from Undetected Low Sodium Levels at Småland Hospital
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Home Care Worker Accused of Sexual Misconduct in Östhammar
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Surgeon Criticized for Operating on Patient's Ears Without Consent
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The Health and Social Care Inspectorate, Ivo, is criticizing a plastic surgeon who operated on a patient's earlobes without her permission.
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Ivo Finds Serious Deficiencies in Psychiatric Coercive Care for Children
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Children are restrained and force-fed, illegally and without a doctor's decision. The Health and Social Care Inspectorate (Ivo) has found serious deficiencies in the coercive care of both children and adults
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Government to Scrutinize 62,000 Gang-Linked Individuals in Sweden
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Tens of thousands of gang criminals will be specially investigated by the authorities – to stop crime and fraud against the welfare system. Licenses will be revoked and incorrect payments stopped
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Ivo Shuts Down Vemyra Youth Home Department Over Safety Concerns
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The Health and Social Care Inspectorate (Ivo) prohibits the youth home Vemyra in Sollefteå from continuing operations in one department.
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Court of Appeal Reviews Case of John Walter's Drowning in Foster Care
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Who bears the responsibility for John Walter, five, being able to escape from a foster home and drown? According to the parents, it is Falu municipality, which decided to place the boy at the accommodation despite the deficiencies there. The matter is now being tried in the Court of Appeal
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Record Low Number of Children in Sheltered Housing Raises Safety Concerns
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Never have so few children been allowed to accompany them to a sheltered accommodation as now. Last year's proportion was the lowest that the national association Unizon has ever measured in its accommodations
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Doctor in Sweden Charged with Raping Eight Patients
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The doctor who is suspected of nine rapes of eight patients is now being prosecuted.
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Ivo Report Highlights Risks in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
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Long waiting times and lack of competence in child and adolescent psychiatry can expose them to great risks. This emerges from a report
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