Skåne University Hospital

Skåne University Hospital
Skåne University Hospital
Malmö (left) and Lund (right)
Geography
Location Malmö and Lund, Sweden
Coordinates 55°35′17″N 13°00′09″E / 55.58806°N 13.00250°E / 55.58806; 13.00250Coordinates: 55°35′17″N 13°00′09″E / 55.58806°N 13.00250°E / 55.58806; 13.00250 (Malmö)
55°42′42″N 13°11′54″E / 55.71167°N 13.19833°E / 55.71167; 13.19833 (Lund)
Organisation
Funding Public hospital
Hospital type Teaching
Affiliated university Lund University
Services
Emergency department Yes
History
Founded 1 January 2010
Links
Lists Hospitals in Sweden
Emergency reception in Malmö
Radiation therapy clinic in Lund

Skåne University Hospital (Swedish: Skånes universitetssjukhus, SUS) is a university hospital in Scania, Sweden. The hospital was founded in 2010 through the merger of the two university hospitals in Lund and Malmö.[1] According to the head of emergency surgery at SUS in a 2017 interview, bullet wounds turned from previously rare occurrences into a frequent phenomenon, the hospital got used to treating such patients.[2]

As a result of the rising levels of gun crime where the number of patients with bullet wounds doubled between 2015-2018,[3] surgeons at the hospital had to treat an increasing number of gunshot wounds.[4] In 2017 the hospital treated 44 patients with gunshot wounds.[3]

Security measures at Malmö

Violence and threats are a common occurrence at the hospital's emergency department in Malmö and therefore guards are employed on a 24hr basis, and emergency lock down has been installed along with security cameras. All employees have been given training in self-defence and wear alarms in case they are attacked. The emergency lock down makes it impossible for threatening people outside the building to enter the premises. The reason for these measures is an upsurge in aggressive patients with drug problems and a society where levels of violence are on the rise due to the level of organised crime using lethal violence based in Malmö.[5] In March 2017 the emergency department started locking its door between 2100–0500 to reduce the number of violent incidents involving people who sought to meet or get information about patients.[6]

In a 2017 interview, a nurse at the hospital described the bullet wound patients and their visitors as frequently issuing threats of violence, murder and rape. As a result, the staff has stopped wearing name badges after a visitor to one such patient took a photo of the staff board, which was also taken down. This represented a change from some years earlier when members of organised crime would have knife rather than bullet wounds and not threaten hospital staff. When bullet wound patients are on the premises, frequently their relatives and enemies gather outside and consequently staff only dare leave the premises in groups and never alone at the end of their shifts.[7][8] As a result of these developments, the hospital introduced a scheme in June 2016 on how the hospital would respond when dangerous patients and their entourage or enemies entered the premises.[7]

In 2017 the staff at the maternity ward in Malmö were equipped with alert devices as prospective fathers became abusive and issued death threats against staff.[9]

References

  1. ↑ "Historik" (in Swedish). Skåne Regional Council. Archived from the original on 11 November 2011. Retrieved 11 November 2011.
  2. ↑ Radio, Sveriges. "Vården av skottskadade bättre när skjutningar blir vanligare - P4 Malmöhus". Retrieved 2017-07-31.
  3. 1 2 Bubenko, Anna (2018-07-09). "Sjukhusen tar emot fler skottskadade patienter". Sveriges Radio (in Swedish). Retrieved 2018-07-14.
  4. ↑ "Akuten i Malmö snabbare på att ta hand om skottskadade". Sydsvenskan (in Swedish). Archived from the original on 10 July 2018. Retrieved 2018-07-14.
  5. ↑ "Akuten rustad för våld i Malmö (tr: emergency room equipped for Malmö violence)". Nyheter: Sverige. Sveriges Television. Archived from the original on 17 April 2012. Retrieved 12 July 2012.
  6. ↑ "(sv) Akuten låser dörrarna på vissa tider". P4 Malmöhus. Sveriges Radio. 7 February 2017. Retrieved 19 March 2017.
  7. 1 2 ""Man vänjer sig aldrig" - Vårdfokus". www.vardfokus.se (in Swedish). Retrieved 2017-08-05.
  8. ↑ Nyheter, SVT. "Så hotar kriminella personalen på akuten". SVT Nyheter (in Swedish). Retrieved 2017-08-30.
  9. ↑ "Kvinnoklinikens personal i Malmö tvingas ha överfallslarm – Vårdfokus". www.vardfokus.se (in Swedish). Retrieved 2017-09-03.
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