Sandviken Hospital

Sandviken Hospital
Bergen Hospital Trust
Sandviken Hospital is located in Norway
Sandviken Hospital
Location in Norway
Geography
LocationSandviken, Bergen, Norway
Coordinates60°25′05″N 5°18′50″E / 60.418°N 5.314°E / 60.418; 5.314
Organisation
FundingPublic hospital
TypePsychriatric
Services
Emergency departmentYes
HelipadNo
History
Opened1891
Links
Websitehelse-bergen.no
ListsHospitals in Norway

Sandviken Hospital (Norwegian: Sandviken sykehus) is a psychiatric hospital situated in the Sandviken neighborhood of Bergen, Norway. It is part of Bergen Hospital Trust, and is the only secure psychiatric unit within Western Norway Regional Health Authority.[1]

History

The hospital was established in 1891 as Neevengården Asylum (Neevengården asyl). It changed its name to Neevengården Hospital (Neevengården sykehus) in 1927, and took the current name in 1978.[2] The hospital was constructed and owned by Bergen municipality, but was transferred to Hordaland county in 1972. It had place for 178 patients initially, but by 1955 reached a top of 518 patients. The hospital was in 2002 merged with the Psychiatric clinic of Haukeland University Hospital, and has since then been a part of the Bergen Hospital Trust and owned by the Norwegian state.[2][3]

Controversies

After a continuous reduction in the number of rooms/beds, the hospital has since the 2010s had hundreds of cases each year of patients being placed in hospital beds in the hallways.[4][5]

The hospital has repeatedly received strong criticism from the Norwegian Parliamentary Ombudsman for its extensive use of isolation rooms.[6][7]

In 2023 the Norwegian Board of Health Supervision found several legal and regulation offences at the hospital's emergency department.[8]

References

  1. ^ "Sandviken sykehus". Bergen byleksikon (in Norwegian). 2009.
  2. ^ a b "Neevengården sykehus". Oppslagsverket oVe (in Norwegian). 12 June 2008.
  3. ^ "Neevengården". Bergen byleksikon (in Norwegian). 2009.
  4. ^ "La 328 psykisk syke i korridoren". NRK (in Norwegian). 29 November 2018.
  5. ^ "Stor økning i korridorpasienter på Sandviken: – Situasjonen er alvorlig". Bergens Tidende (in Norwegian). 5 May 2023.
  6. ^ "Psykisk syke pasienter måtte ligge på nakent rom i ukevis". NRK (in Norwegian). 6 March 2019.
  7. ^ "Psykiatrisk klinikk ved Helse Bergen får kritikk fra Sivilombudet". Dagens Medisin (in Norwegian). 12 May 2023.
  8. ^ "Helsetilsynet har funnet fire lovbrudd på Sandvikens akuttmottak". Bergens Tidende (in Norwegian). 13 June 2023.

Further reading

  • Ose, Eivind, ed. (1991). Frå sindssygeasyl til psykiatrisk sjukehus: Neevengården – Sandviken sykehus 1891–1991 (in Norwegian). Alma Mater. ISBN 9788241900846.