Drug-free service in Troms, Norway, could soon close

Robert Whitaker

Tast spring, the Hurdalsjen Recovery Center in Norway, a private hospital that provided drug-free care to Norwegian psychiatric patients, had to close its doors due to a government decision to end public funding of private companies. Today, the drug-free ward at the sgrd hospital in Troms is threatened with closure. This six-bed ward was perhaps …

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Lack of palliative care policy hampers service delivery, experts say

Lack of palliative care policy hampers service delivery, experts say

Experts said the lack of a national palliative care policy continually hampers the delivery of appropriate services to patients suffering from terminal illnesses like cancer. According to the latest statistics from the Ministry of Health, only 11 percent of the 500,000 Ugandans in need of palliative care can access these services. Speaking at the commemoration …

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