One of Europe’s most exciting growth regions in life sciences
Stockholm City North is to become ‘The Science City’ in 2020. The northern part of Stockholm will host ‘The Science City’ of tomorrow.
The area will include:
- A new university hospital, replacing the old Karolinska, will be designed to provide highly specialized healthcare and will have facilities for some 500 patients. The County Council of Stockholm has put aside approx. SEK 11 billion for the project, which was initiated in 2005 with an architectural competition. The results are to be announced in September and the hospital will, according to plans, be ready in 2012.
- An international Bio Science Centre with its base in the Karolinska Institute, which is world famous for its research and the appointments of Nobel Prize winners in medicine, physics and chemistry. The centre will be closely connected to the university hospital and focus on research and education projects.
- Some 3,000 new apartments
- About 2,000 new job opportunities
- Cultural & educational institutions
- Modern infrastructure with subway and bus connections throughout the region
- Lots of green areas with leisure facilities
Swedish healthcare said to be high quality, flexible and innovative by the Euro Health Consumer Index. The Euro Health Consumer Index 2006, published by Swedish-based consumer healthcare information provider Health Consumer Powerhouse in June, said Sweden had one of the most consumer-friendly healthcare systems in the European Union. The index, based on 27 indicators, includes all 25 EU public healthcare systems plus Switzerland for reference. France emerged as the 2006 winner, followed by the Netherlands and Germany - Sweden ranked fourth. The report said public health provision in Sweden was high-quality, innovative, flexible and offered extensive freedom of choice to patients - but regarding ‘availability’ and easy access to all, Sweden lost out.
