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            <title><![CDATA[Public Transport Fares Cut Across Most Swedish Regions for Six Months]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[Now it will be cheaper to take public transport for six months. At least 16 of the country's 21 regions are cutting fares, according to a survey conducted by TT. "I'm happy that prices will be reduced, but the problem is that we haven't had time to prepare. Now we risk increased congestion," says Jakop Dalunde (MP), regional councillor for transport in Stockholm.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Wed, 01 Jul 2026 03:45:21 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Teenage boy in snowmobile accident north of Torneträsk has life-threatening injuries]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[A teenage boy has been flown to hospital by air ambulance after a snowmobile accident north of Torneträsk. According to medical services, his injuries are life-threatening.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Fri, 03 Apr 2026 01:31:48 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[This is how much Sweden's regions offer in compensation to healthcare workers]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[Some regions are offering tens of thousands of kronor to healthcare workers who may consider rescheduling their summer vacations. Others are offering no compensation at all. Here's the situation across Sweden's regions.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Sun, 22 Mar 2026 06:01:24 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Woman buried for up to ten minutes after avalanche at Kebnekaise]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[A woman was dug out after being buried for up to ten minutes under snow in an avalanche at Kebnekaise, SVT News Norrbotten reports.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Tue, 10 Mar 2026 11:42:45 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Call the emergency room – stings do not completely protect]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[An unusually high number of people had slip-and-fall accidents in Norrbotten and Västerbotten on Monday. Even people who had prepared for slips with spikes on their shoes have been injured, the health authorities warn.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Mon, 01 Dec 2025 18:35:43 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Kalix Hospital Water Leak Closes Emergency Department]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[A comprehensive water leak has affected the emergency department at Kalix hospital on Sunday. As a result of the leak, the hospital has gone into reinforcement mode.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Sun, 28 Sep 2025 06:30:16 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Patients in Kalix Hospital Given Excessive Morphine Dosage]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Fri, 25 Jul 2025 19:37:32 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Heat Wave in Northern Sweden Increases Patient Visits to Hospitals]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[The appeal: Check on your elderly relatives in the heat wave. Healthcare sees how patients are affected by the persistent heat in the north. Underlying diseases deteriorate, says Mattias Josefsson at Sunderby hospital in Luleå municipality.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Thu, 24 Jul 2025 04:30:55 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Four-Year-Old Seriously Injured in Boden Traffic Accident]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Tue, 24 Jun 2025 14:01:39 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Unpalatable water at the hospital]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[The water at Piteå hospital is not drinkable. It may become necessary to move some patients and, for example, dialysis treatments have been cancelled.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Thu, 06 Mar 2025 15:17:50 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[The Countryside Mourns Dead Teenagers: "Everyone Knows Everyone"]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[Three young men died in a traffic accident outside Luleå on Sunday night. A young woman was severely injured. It's terrible what has happened. Now an entire village is in mourning. It's a small village, everyone knows everyone, says a person to Aftonbladet.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Sun, 20 Oct 2024 04:14:22 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Union concern as hired personnel decrease in healthcare]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[1.3 billion kronor. That's how much the regions' costs for hired personnel have decreased in the first half of 2024 compared to the same period the year before, according to SKR. Good with employed personnel, but you're starting at the wrong end, believe representatives for the unions.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Wed, 25 Sep 2024 17:19:43 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Man dies in motorcycle accident]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Sun, 08 Sep 2024 12:36:32 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[One taken to hospital by helicopter after traffic accident]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Thu, 29 Aug 2024 13:28:24 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Six-year-old boy seriously injured after being hit by a falling tree]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Tue, 18 Jun 2024 11:49:39 GMT</pubDate>
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