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Many regions in Sweden struggling to cover hospital jobs over the summer

Radio Sweden
Posted: Thursday, May 4, 2023 at 08:53
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Many regional healthcare authorities say they are struggling to recruit enough nurses and other workers to cover the summer months,

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* Featured * Canada Countries Featured • Zone 3 General News Society Society (Canada) 

Hospital running at limited capacity in Canada’s Yukon territory

CBC News
Posted: Tuesday, July 12, 2022 at 11:46
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By Sissi De Flaviis · CBC News ‘It’s difficult to tell what’s driving this. We are busy, there’s no doubt about that,’

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Some parts of Alaska's coastline have never been surveyed. (iStock)
General Society Society (USA) USA 

After early containment success, there’s now rapid COVID-19 spread in rural Alaska, including the Arctic

Lex Treinen, Alaska Public Media
Posted: Wednesday, October 14, 2020 at 13:33
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At the beginning of the coronavirus pandemic, many rural communities acted quickly to impose strict quarantine measures in order to

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Finland General News Society Society (Finland) 

Hospital wards across Finland clogged with “unnecessary patients”

Yle News
Posted: Friday, July 26, 2019 at 16:18 — Last Updated: Thursday, October 24, 2019 at 10:06
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Senior physicians at five major central hospitals in Finland have issued a “wake-up call” on the issue of congestion in

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Finland General News Society Society (Finland) 

Doctor shortage in South, patient shortage in North during Finland’s summer

Yle News
Posted: Wednesday, July 25, 2018 at 13:54 — Last Updated: Thursday, July 26, 2018 at 09:10
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Yle surveyed 21 hospital districts in Finland to find out how they re-organise their functions during the summer months when

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General News Society Society (USA) USA 

Alarming number of patients at Alaskan psychiatric emergency room

Lori Townsend, Alaska Public Media
Posted: Friday, May 18, 2018 at 10:41
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Emergency rooms in Anchorage hospitals cannot keep up with the numbers of patients needing psychiatric care. It’s a problem that’s

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Peter Alareak and his wife Elizabeth have been sent out of Arviat four times for medical appointments that were never booked. 'I’ve been married to her for 54 years and I have known her to be a very patient woman, and she's starting to complain a bit,' Peter says. (Courtesy Peter Alareak)
Canada Society Society (Canada) 

Nunavut couple questions medical travel mixups

CBC News
Posted: Thursday, April 17, 2014 at 10:23
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An elderly couple from the community of Arviat in Canada’s eastern Arctic territory of Nunavut has been through an ordeal

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“The Traditional Foods Nourishment Act of 2013” would make it easier to serve Alaska Native foods in facilities like hospitals and schools. (Loren Holmes / Alaska Dispatch )
Society Society (USA) USA 

New effort to bring Native foods to plates across Alaska

Suzanna Caldwell, Alaska Dispatch
Posted: Monday, August 12, 2013 at 09:32
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For years, leaders in the Alaska Native community have tried to negotiate with the U.S. Department of Agriculture for permission

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